--- title: Some of the legends say that as a fish Kama-puaa swam through the se… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: Some of the legends say that as a fish Kama-puaa swam through the seas to Hawaii, but others say that he used his leho boat, visited the different islands and passed slowly to the southeastern point of Hawaii to Cape Kumu-kahi. Who acts: Some, others, puaa. 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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 (Some, others, 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:pg66516:11:23 # text = Some of the legends say that as a fish Kama-puaa swam through the seas to Hawaii, but others say that he used his leho boat, visited the different islands and passed slowly to the southeastern point of Hawaii to Cape Kumu-kahi. 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 5 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 legends legend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 5 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 10 Kama Kama PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 puaa puaa NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 13 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 14 through through ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 seas sea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Hawaii Hawaii PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 22 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 leho leho NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 visited visit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 36 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 southeastern southeastern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Hawaii Hawaii PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 Cape Cape PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 45 Kumu Kumu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 kahi kahi NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Some of the legends | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **swim** | past | | | Hawaii | the seas | | as a fish and puaa | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through sea=Trajectory | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | others | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **use** | past | puaa | puaa's leho boat | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Patient | | 5 | **visit** | past | | the different islands | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent island=Co-Agent | | 6 | **pass** | past | | | | the southeastern point of Hawaii | | to Cape kahi; slowly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to point=Initial\_Location to kahi=Destination | | 7 | **point** | | | Hawaii | | | | | nom point «cognition transitive»: of=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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/11/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/11/24/) - ↑ back to [Pele and Kama-puaa](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/11/)