--- title: One day while racing Kaha-wali stuck his spear, which was peculiarly… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: One day while racing Kaha-wali stuck his spear, which was peculiarly broad and long, into the ground at the end of the race course, then climbed the hill which bore the name Ka-hale-o-ka-mahina (The-house-of-the-moon). Who acts: One day, spear, hill. 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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 (One day, spear, hill), 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:pg66516:10:41 # text = One day while racing Kaha-wali stuck his spear, which was peculiarly broad and long, into the ground at the end of the race course, then climbed the hill which bore the name Ka-hale-o-ka-mahina (The-house-of-the-moon). 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 while while SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 racing race VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 Kaha Kaha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 wali wali NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 stuck stick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 peculiarly peculiarly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 broad broad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 parataxis _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 31 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 bore bear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 Ka Ka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 hale hale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 46 case _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ka ka NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 mahina mahina NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 appos _ _ 47 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ SpaceAfter=No 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ SpaceAfter=No 53 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ SpaceAfter=No 55 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **race** | gerund | One day *not said here* | Kaha wali | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wali=Agent | | 2 | **stick** | past | One day | wali's spear | | the ground at the end of the race course | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent spear=Theme into ground=Destination | | 3 | **is** | past | wali's spear | | | | | broad, peculiarly *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | wali's spear *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **climb** | past | One day *not said here* | the hill | | | then | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location hill=Theme | | 6 | **bear** | past | the hill | the name | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/10/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/10/42/) - ↑ back to [Pele and Kaha-wali](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/10/)