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title: For a time Pele and Kama-puaa lived together as husband and wife, in… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: For a time Pele and Kama-puaa lived together as husband and wife, in various parts of the district of Puna.—The places where they dwelt are pointed out even at this day by the natives who know the traditions.—It is said that a son was born and named Opelu-haa-lii and that the fiery life of his mothe
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pele and Kama-puaa, sentence 47

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For a time Pele and Kama-puaa lived together as husband and wife, in various parts of the district of Puna.—The places where they dwelt are pointed out even at this day by the natives who know the traditions.—It is said that a son was born and named Opelu-haa-lii and that the fiery life of his mother was so strenuous that he lived only a little while.

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**Who acts:** Pele, parts, natives, fiery life, reconciliation · **What happens:** live together, dwell, point out, know, say, bear · **To what, where:** various parts, traditions, place, son, Opelu haa lii · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Pele, parts, natives, fiery life), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg66516:11:47
# text = For a time Pele and Kama-puaa lived together as husband and wife, in various parts of the district of Puna.—The places where they dwelt are pointed out even at this day by the natives who know the traditions.—It is said that a son was born and named Opelu-haa-lii and that the fiery life of his mother was so strenuous that he lived only a little while.
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
4	Pele	Pele	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	Kama	Kama	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	puaa	puaa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	together	together	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	various	various	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	nsubj:pass	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	district	district	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	Puna	Puna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	nsubj:pass	_	_
28	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	30	advmod	_	_
29	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	dwelt	dwell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	acl:relcl	_	_
31	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux:pass	_	_
32	pointed	point	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	parataxis	_	_
33	out	out	ADP	RP	_	32	compound:prt	_	_
34	even	even	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
35	at	at	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	37	det	_	_
37	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl:unmarked	_	_
38	by	by	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	natives	native	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obl	_	_
41	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	42	nsubj	_	_
42	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	40	acl:relcl	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	traditions	tradition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	49	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj	_	_
48	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	49	aux:pass	_	_
49	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	parataxis	_	_
50	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	54	mark	_	_
51	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	nsubj:pass	_	_
53	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	54	aux:pass	_	_
54	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	49	advcl	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
56	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	54	conj	_	_
57	Opelu	Opelu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	57	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	haa	haa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	59	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	lii	lii	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	xcomp	_	_
62	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	72	cc	_	_
63	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	72	mark	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
65	fiery	fiery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	66	amod	_	_
66	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	72	nsubj	_	_
67	of	of	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
68	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	69	nmod:poss	_	_
69	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	nmod	_	_
70	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	72	cop	_	_
71	so	so	ADV	RB	_	72	advmod	_	_
72	strenuous	strenuous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	conj	_	_
73	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	75	mark	_	_
74	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	75	nsubj	_	_
75	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	72	advcl	_	_
76	only	only	ADV	RB	_	79	advmod	_	_
77	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	79	det	_	_
78	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	79	amod	_	_
79	while	while	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	75	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
80	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live together** | past | Pele and Kama puaa |  |  |  | time | as husband and wife; together *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **dwell** | past | parts *= part* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **point out** | present · passive | the natives | various parts of the district of Puna |  |  | day | the places *nsubj:pass* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 4 | **know** | present | the natives | the traditions |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer tradition=Stimulus |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | place |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
| 6 | **bear** | past · passive |  | a son |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 7 | **name** | participle |  | Opelu haa lii |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **is** | past | the fiery life of Puna's mother |  |  |  |  | strenuous *property* | tree rules |
| 9 | **live** | past | reconciliation |  |  |  | while |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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