--- title: Stones and spears beat upon him, but he broke the coco-fibre cords o… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: Stones and spears beat upon him, but he broke the coco-fibre cords of the ikoi and again drove the warriors before him, trying to gain the house where the wounded chief Kau was lying. Who acts: Stones, Pii, wounded chief. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. 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Westervelt, Pele and the Owl Ghost-god. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Stones, Pii, wounded chief), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg66516:6:27 # text = Stones and spears beat upon him, but he broke the coco-fibre cords of the ikoi and again drove the warriors before him, trying to gain the house where the wounded chief Kau was lying. 1 Stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 spears spear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 4 beat beat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 12 coco Coco PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 fibre fibre NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 cords cord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 ikoi ikoi NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 again again ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 before before ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 gain gain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 38 advmod _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 wounded wounded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 36 Kau Kau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 appos _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beat** | present | Stones and spears | | | | | upon Pii | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon he=Location | | 2 | **break** | past | Pii | the coco fibre cords of the ikoi | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cord=Patient | | 3 | **drive** | past | Pii *not said here* | the warriors | | | before Pii; again | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent warrior=Theme before he=Destination | | 4 | **try** | gerund | Pii *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **gain** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Pii *not said here* | the house | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme | | 6 | **lie** | past · progressive | the wounded chief | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Project Gutenberg book 66516 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/6/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/6/28/) - ↑ back to [Pele and the Owl Ghost-god](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/6/)