--- title: Laa-mao-mao, who aided Moi-keha as priest of the gods of the winds,… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: Laa-mao-mao, who aided Moi-keha as priest of the gods of the winds, later dropped out of the story and moved to the island Molokai, where he was supposed to have made his home near a place known as House of Lono, a well-known hill on that island. Who acts: mao mao. 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D. Westervelt, Moi-keha, the Restless. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mao mao), 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:pg66357:9:49 # text = Laa-mao-mao, who aided Moi-keha as priest of the gods of the winds, later dropped out of the story and moved to the island Molokai, where he was supposed to have made his home near a place known as House of Lono, a well-known hill on that island. 1 Laa laa NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 mao mao NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 mao mao NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 aided aid VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 Moi Moi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 keha keha X FW Foreign=Yes 9 dep _ _ 12 as as ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 22 advmod _ _ 22 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 23 out out ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 Molokai Molokai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 37 advmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 supposed suppose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl:relcl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 39 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux _ _ 40 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 xcomp _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 near near ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 46 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 acl _ _ 47 as as ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 House House PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 Lono Lono PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 53 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 55 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 56 amod _ _ 56 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 57 on on ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 59 det _ _ 59 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **aid** | past | mao mao Laa | | Moi | | | as priest of the gods of the winds | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moi=Beneficiary | | 2 | **drop out** | past | | the story | | | | late *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Theme | | 3 | **move** | past | | | | | | to the island Molokai *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to molokai=Result | | 4 | **suppose** | past · passive | | Laa | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme | | 5 | **make** | to-infinitive · perfect | | Laa's home | | a place | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset home=Product | | 6 | **know** | participle | | a place *not said here* | | | | as House of Lono | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as house=Attribute | | 7 | **know** | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, Project Gutenberg book 66357 (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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/9/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/9/50/) - ↑ back to [Moi-keha, the Restless](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/9/)