--- title: The warriors were so surprised at the wonderful change that they for… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: The warriors were so surprised at the wonderful change that they forgot to fight, and only realized that this dragon was their enemy when they saw him far out of the reach of their best weapons. Who acts: warriors, dragon. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. 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D. 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 (warriors, dragon), 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:pg66516:6:46 # text = The warriors were so surprised at the wonderful change that they forgot to fight, and only realized that this dragon was their enemy when they saw him far out of the reach of their best weapons. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 only only ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 realized realize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 20 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 21 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 ccomp _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 30 out out ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 reach reach NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 37 amod _ _ 37 weapons weapon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the warriors | | | the wonderful change | | surprised *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **forget** | past | warriors *= warrior* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **fight** | to-infinitive | warriors *= warrior* *not said here* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **realize** | past | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is a** | past | this dragon | warriors's enemy | | | | warriors *= warrior* *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | past | warriors *= warrior* | dragon | | the reach of warriors's best weapons | | far *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/6/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/6/47/) - ↑ back to [Pele and the Owl Ghost-god](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/6/)