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title: «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt — the whole book with trees and pragmatics
description: The whole of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, chapter by chapter: 2670 sentences, every one with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause, parsed by Mova.
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# «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt

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The whole of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Project Gutenberg book 66516 (public domain in the USA): 31 chapters, 2670 sentences. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics. Mova parsed them all itself; 0 are also in the tales treebank of release 0.3 and keep their checked tree.

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- [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/1/) — Opening — 51 sentences · HAWAIIAN LEGENDS of VOLCANOES
- [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/2/) — The Hawaiian Islands — 38 sentences · Of all the noteworthy groups of islands of fire rock in the Pacific Ocean, the Hawaiian Islands are the most…
- [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/3/) — Part I. LEGENDS — 1 sentences · I
- [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/4/) — Ai-laau, the Forest Eater — 37 sentences · When Pele came to the island Hawaii, seeking a permanent home, she found another god of fire already in poss…
- [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/5/) — How Pele Came to Hawaii — 116 sentences · The simplest, most beautiful legend does not mention the land from which Pele started.
- [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/6/) — Pele and the Owl Ghost-god — 51 sentences · Many, many years after Pele’s angry sister Na-maka-o-ka-hai had driven her from the island Kauai and after t…
- [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/7/) — Na Puu O Pele — 84 sentences · Through the fleeting hours of Tuesday, January eighth, in the year nineteen hundred and seven, earthquakes w…
- [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/8/) — Pele and the Chiefs of Puna — 98 sentences · KUMU-KAHI
- [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/9/) — Pele’s Tree — 12 sentences · Ohia-lehua \[5\] is the native name for a tree which abounds in Puna, the region of the volcanic home of the g…
- [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/10/) — Pele and Kaha-wali — 99 sentences · For a long, long time the Hawaiians have had the proverb “Never abuse an old woman; she might be Pele.”
- [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/11/) — Pele and Kama-puaa — 128 sentences · Note: The adventure of the demi-god Kama-puaa has been given in “The Legends of Old Honolulu.”
- [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/12/) — Pele and the Snow-goddess — 88 sentences · There were four maidens with white mantles in the mythology of the Hawaiians.
- [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/13/) — Genealogy of the Pele Family — 123 sentences · There were gods, goddesses, and ghost-gods in the Pele family.
- [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/14/) — Pele’s Long Sleep — 206 sentences · Pele and her family dwelt in the beauty of Puna.
- [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/15/) — Hopoe, the Dancing Stone — 94 sentences · “Moving back, and forth in the wind Softly moving in the quiet breeze Rocking by the side of the sea.”
- [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/16/) — Hiiaka’s Battle With Demons — 96 sentences · Hiiaka, the youngest sister of Pele, the goddess of fire, is the central figure of many a beautiful Hawaiian…
- [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/17/) — How Hiiaka Found Wahine-omao — 103 sentences · The story of the journey of the youngest sister of Pele, the goddess of volcanic fires, when seeking a husba…
- [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/18/) — Hiiaka Catching a Ghost — 98 sentences · Hiiaka, the sister of Pele, and the goddess of ferns, and their new friend Wahine-omao, were hastening throu…
- [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/19/) — Hiiaka and the Seacoast Kupuas — 42 sentences · Kupuas were legendary monsters which could change themselves into human beings at will.
- [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/20/) — Pili and Noho — 249 sentences · Hiiaka remembered that there were two dragons in the river Wailuku, a river of swift cascades and beautiful…
- [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/21/) — The Annihilation of Keoua’s Army — 60 sentences · Almost exactly thirty-four years before Kapiolani defied the worship of the fire-goddess Pele, Keoua, a high…
- [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/22/) — Destruction of Kamehameha’s Fish-ponds — 65 sentences · Mount Hualalai is on the western side of the island Hawaii.
- [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/23/) — Kapiolani and Pele — 123 sentences · The story of the high chiefess Kapiolani and her conflict with Pele, the goddess of Kilauea, in December, 18…
- [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/24/) — Geological Facts — 2 sentences · Note: The following articles pertaining to the geological formation of the Hawaiian Islands were written by…
- [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/25/) — The Crack in the Floor of the Pacific — 27 sentences · A geological or earthquake map of the Pacific shows that the ocean is bordered by ranges of volcanic mountai…
- [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/26/) — Hawaiian Volcanoes — 67 sentences · Each island has its extinct craters from which extend the limited ranges of mountains and plains which make…
- [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/27/) — Volcanic Activity — 145 sentences · In a little note-book in Hilo is a record which from time to time has been studied and copied frequently by…
- [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/28/) — Changes in Kilauea Crater — 37 sentences · There have been two entirely distinct modifications in Kilauea.
- [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/29/) — Foundation of the Observatory — 99 sentences · Excerpts from the Report of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Jan.–Mch., 1912.—Published by the Society of Ar…
- [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/30/) — Partial List Hawaiian Terms Used — 168 sentences · Aa, 175, 184, 186.
- [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/31/) — Polynesian Language — 63 sentences · “A few words should be added on the peculiar genius and structure of the Polynesian language in general and…

