--- title: At last a warning came that this beautiful stranger might be the god… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: At last a warning came that this beautiful stranger might be the goddess Pele from the other side of the island; that her home was in Halemaumau (The continuing house) of the volcano Kilauea; her attendants the always leaping flames; the caves filled with rolling waves of fire her dwelling-rooms; th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/7/45/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mytholo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/) / [Na Puu O Pele](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/7/) / 45 # Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Na Puu O Pele, sentence 45 At last a warning came that this beautiful stranger might be the goddess Pele from the other side of the island; that her home was in Halemaumau (The continuing house) of the volcano Kilauea; her attendants the always leaping flames; the caves filled with rolling waves of fire her dwelling-rooms; that she carried the control of the fires of the underworld with her wherever she went. **Who acts:** beautiful stranger, home, Halemaumau · **What happens:** come, be, leap, fill, carry, go · **To what, where:** last warning, goddess, Halemaumau, caves, control, fire 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 (beautiful stranger, home, Halemaumau), 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:pg66516:7:45 # text = At last a warning came that this beautiful stranger might be the goddess Pele from the other side of the island; that her home was in Halemaumau (The continuing house) of the volcano Kilauea; her attendants the always leaping flames; the caves filled with rolling waves of fire her dwelling-rooms; that she carried the control of the fires of the underworld with her wherever she went. 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 warning warning NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 8 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 10 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 goddess goddess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 advcl _ _ 14 Pele Pele PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 61 punct _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Halemaumau Halemaumau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ _ 29 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 continuing continuing NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 32 punct _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 volcano volcano NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 37 Kilauea Kilauea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 attendants attendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 42 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 43 advmod _ _ 43 leaping leap VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 amod _ _ 44 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 caves cave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 appos _ _ 48 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 acl _ _ 49 with with ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 rolling rolling NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 54 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 55 dwelling dwelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 56 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 rooms room NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ; ; PUNCT : _ 61 punct _ _ 59 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 61 nsubj _ _ 60 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 61 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 control control NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obj _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 fires fire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 nmod _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 underworld underworld NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nmod _ _ 70 with with SCONJ IN _ 74 mark _ _ 71 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 74 nmod:poss _ _ 72 wherever wherever ADV WRB PronType=Int 74 advmod _ _ 73 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ _ 74 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | | | | a last warning | | from the other side of the island | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from side=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **is a** | might | this beautiful stranger | the goddess | | | | Pele *appos* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | Pele's home | | | Halemaumau | | the continuing house of the volcano and Pele's attendants the leaping flames *appos*; the caves *appos* | tree rules | | 4 | **leap** | gerund | | | | | | always *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **fill** | participle | | the caves *not said here* | | | | with rolling waves of fire Pele's dwelling rooms | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with wave=Instrument | | 6 | **carry** | past | Halemaumau | the control of the fires of the underworld | | | | that *nsubj* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent control=Theme | | 7 | **go** | past | Halemaumau | | | | | Pele *nmod:poss*; wherever *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **wave** | | | fire Pele's dwelling rooms | | | | | nom wave «event transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **fire** | | | the underworld | | | | | nom fire «event transitive»: of=patient | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/7/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/7/46/) - ↑ back to [Na Puu O Pele](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/7/)