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title: Thus this mighty force of melted rock from the underworld hurled its… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: Thus this mighty force of melted rock from the underworld hurled its vast mass down the mountain, piling itself over all life in its path and leaving only towering heaps of desolation to cover the earth. Who acts: mighty force. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Weste
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Na Puu O Pele, sentence 15

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Thus this mighty force of melted rock from the underworld hurled its vast mass down the mountain, piling itself over all life in its path and leaving only towering heaps of desolation to cover the earth.

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**Who acts:** mighty force · **What happens:** melt, hurl, pile, leave, tower, cover · **To what, where:** vast mass, force, life, towering heaps, earth

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Na Puu O Pele. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mighty force), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg66516:7:15
# text = Thus this mighty force of melted rock from the underworld hurled its vast mass down the mountain, piling itself over all life in its path and leaving only towering heaps of desolation to cover the earth.
1	Thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
3	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	melted	melt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	underworld	underworld	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	hurled	hurl	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	vast	vast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	mass	mass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	down	down	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	piling	pile	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
20	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	19	obj	_	_
21	over	over	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	23	det	_	_
23	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	19	conj	_	_
29	only	only	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
30	towering	tower	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	31	amod	_	_
31	heaps	heap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obj	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	desolation	desolation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	_
34	to	to	PART	TO	_	35	mark	_	_
35	cover	cover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	advcl	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **hurl** | past | this mighty force of melted rock from the underworld | force's vast mass |  |  |  | down the mountain; thus *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mass=Theme |
| 3 | **pile** | gerund | this mighty force of melted rock from the underworld *not said here* | force |  | all life |  | in force's path | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent itself=Theme over life=Destination |
| 4 | **leave** | gerund | this mighty force of melted rock from the underworld *not said here* | towering heaps of desolation |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heap=Theme |
| 5 | **tower** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **cover** | to-infinitive | this mighty force of melted rock from the underworld *not said here* | the earth |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme earth=Destination |

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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.

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**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.

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