--- title: Out from the pits of Kilauea came vast masses of lava piling up agai… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: Out from the pits of Kilauea came vast masses of lava piling up against the field of grass in its pathway, and soon the grass began to burn; then Kama-puaa assumed the shape of a man, the hair or bristles on his body were singed and the smart of many burns began to cause agony.—Apparently the grass --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/11/103/) [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 Kama-puaa](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/11/) / 103 # Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pele and Kama-puaa, sentence 103 Out from the pits of Kilauea came vast masses of lava piling up against the field of grass in its pathway, and soon the grass began to burn; then Kama-puaa assumed the shape of a man, the hair or bristles on his body were singed and the smart of many burns began to cause agony.—Apparently the grass represented the bristles on the front of his hog-body which were scorched and burned. **Who acts:** lava, grass, Kama puaa · **What happens:** come, pile up, begin, burn, assume, bristle · **To what, where:** vast masses, pits, pathway, shape, body, agony This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Pele and Kama-puaa. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lava, grass, Kama puaa), 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:pg66516:11:103 # text = Out from the pits of Kilauea came vast masses of lava piling up against the field of grass in its pathway, and soon the grass began to burn; then Kama-puaa assumed the shape of a man, the hair or bristles on his body were singed and the smart of many burns began to cause agony.—Apparently the grass represented the bristles on the front of his hog-body which were scorched and burned. 1 Out out ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 pits pit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Kilauea Kilauea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 vast vast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 masses mass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 lava lava NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 piling pile VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 acl _ _ 13 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 against against ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 pathway pathway NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 32 Kama Kama PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 puaa puaa NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 assumed assume VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 44 or or CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 bristles bristle VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 singed singe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 57 parataxis _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 smart smart ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 conj _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 burns burn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obl _ _ 57 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 59 mark _ _ 59 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 xcomp _ _ 60 agony agony NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 — - PUNCT : _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 Apparently apparently ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nsubj _ _ 66 represented represent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 bristles bristle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 obj _ _ 69 on on ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 73 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 76 nmod:poss _ _ 74 hog hog NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 75 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 74 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 76 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nmod _ _ 77 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 79 nsubj:pass _ _ 78 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 79 aux:pass _ _ 79 scorched scorch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 76 acl:relcl _ _ 80 and and CCONJ CC _ 81 cc _ _ 81 burned burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 79 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | | vast masses of lava | | the pits of Kilauea | | out *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mass=Theme | | 2 | **pile up** | gerund | lava *not said here* | | | grass's pathway | | against the field of grass | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme against field=Destination | | 3 | **begin** | past | the grass | | | | | soon *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **burn** | to-infinitive | the grass *not said here* | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **assume** | past | Kama puaa | the shape of a man and the hair | | | then | | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Theme | | 6 | **bristle** | present | Kama puaa *not said here* | | | lava's body | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on body=Location | | 7 | **singe** | past · passive | | | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient» | | 8 | **begin** | past | Kama puaa *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **cause** | to-infinitive | Kama puaa *not said here* | agony | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition agony=Patient | | 10 | **represent** | past | the grass | the bristles | | the front of lava's hog body | | apparently *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot bristle=Theme | | 11 | **scorch** | past · passive | | lava's hog body | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 12 | **burn** | participle | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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. 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