--- title: The person using the sled grasped the right-hand side stick with his… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: The person using the sled grasped the right-hand side stick with his right hand, then, running swiftly to the brow of the hill, caught the stick of the left side and, throwing himself on the sled, hurled it over the edge and down the hill, sometimes sliding one hundred to two hundred yards or more. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/10/17/) [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/) / [Pele and Kaha-wali](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/10/) / 17 # Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pele and Kaha-wali, sentence 17 The person using the sled grasped the right-hand side stick with his right hand, then, running swiftly to the brow of the hill, caught the stick of the left side and, throwing himself on the sled, hurled it over the edge and down the hill, sometimes sliding one hundred to two hundred yards or more. **Who acts:** person · **What happens:** use, grasp, run, catch, throw, hurl · **To what, where:** sled, hand side stick, stick, person, edge, hundred yards This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Pele and Kaha-wali. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (person), 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:pg66516:10:17 # text = The person using the sled grasped the right-hand side stick with his right hand, then, running swiftly to the brow of the hill, caught the stick of the left side and, throwing himself on the sled, hurled it over the edge and down the hill, sometimes sliding one hundred to two hundred yards or more. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 using use VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sled sled NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 grasped grasp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 8 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 11 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 21 swiftly swiftly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 brow brow NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 throwing throw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 39 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 38 obj _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 sled sled NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 hurled hurl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 over over ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 down down ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 55 advmod _ _ 55 sliding slide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 advcl _ _ 56 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 57 compound _ _ 57 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 60 compound _ _ 58 to to ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 57 nmod _ _ 60 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 61 nummod _ _ 61 yards yard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obj _ _ 62 or or CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 61 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | gerund | the person *not said here* | the sled | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sled=Patient | | 2 | **grasp** | past | the person | the hand side stick | | | | with person's right hand | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent stick=Experiencer with hand=Instrument | | 3 | **run** | gerund | the person *not said here* | | | | then | to the brow of the hill *result*; swiftly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to brow=Result | | 4 | **catch** | past | | the stick of the left side | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme | | 5 | **throw** | gerund | | person | | the sled | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent himself=Theme on sled=Destination | | 6 | **hurl** | past | the person *not said here* | stick | | the edge and the hill | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme over edge=Destination | | 7 | **slide** | gerund | the person *not said here* | hundred yards | | | | sometimes *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yard=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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/10/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/10/18/) - ↑ back to [Pele and Kaha-wali](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/10/)