--- title: Kaha-wali leaped from his holua as it came to the foot of the hill,… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: Kaha-wali leaped from his holua as it came to the foot of the hill, threw off his kihei (cloak), caught his spear, and, calling Ahua to follow, ran toward the sea. Who acts: Kaha wali. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. 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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 (Kaha wali), 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:pg66516:10:66 # text = Kaha-wali leaped from his holua as it came to the foot of the hill, threw off his kihei (cloak), caught his spear, and, calling Ahua to follow, ran toward the sea. 1 Kaha Kaha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 wali wali NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 4 leaped leap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 holua holua NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 10 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 19 off off ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 kihei kihei NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 33 Ahua Ahua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 38 toward toward ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leap** | participle | | Kaha wali *not said here* | | wali's holua | | as holua | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from holua=Trajectory | | 2 | **come** | past | Kaha wali | | | the foot of the hill | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to foot=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **throw off** | past | | wali's kihei | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kihei=Theme | | 4 | **catch** | past | | wali's spear | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spear=Theme | | 5 | **call** | gerund | Kaha wali *not said here* | Ahua | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **follow** | to-infinitive | Kaha wali *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **run** | past | Kaha wali *not said here* | | | the sea | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme toward sea=Trajectory | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/10/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/10/67/) - ↑ back to [Pele and Kaha-wali](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/10/)