--- title: These dragons had come, according to the legends, to the Hawaiian Is… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: These dragons had come, according to the legends, to the Hawaiian Islands from the far-away lands of Kuai-he-lani, as attendants on the first young chief Kahanai-a-ke-Akua (The-boy-brought-up-by-the-gods). Who acts: dragons, dragon. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. 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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 (dragons, 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:pg66516:6:5 # text = These dragons had come, according to the legends, to the Hawaiian Islands from the far-away lands of Kuai-he-lani, as attendants on the first young chief Kahanai-a-ke-Akua (The-boy-brought-up-by-the-gods). 1 These this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 dragons dragon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 case _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 6 fixed _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 legends legend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 Hawaiian Hawaiian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 Islands Island PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 17 far far ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 away away ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Kuai Kuai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 lani lani NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 as as ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 attendants attendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 33 amod _ _ 33 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 acl:relcl _ _ 34 chief chief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 Kahanai Kahanai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ke ke NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Akua Akua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 appos _ _ 42 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 up up NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 50 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 by by ADP IN _ 55 case _ SpaceAfter=No 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ SpaceAfter=No 54 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past · perfect | this dragons | | | the Hawaiian Islands from the away lands of Kuai | | accord the legends; as attendants | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to island=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **lani** | | dragon | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **bring up** | participle | | the boy *not said here* | | | | by the gods; up *compound:prt* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/6/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/6/6/) - ↑ back to [Pele and the Owl Ghost-god](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/6/)