--- title: Poliahu, the best-known among the maidens of the mountains, loved th… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: Poliahu, the best-known among the maidens of the mountains, loved the eastern cliffs of the great island Hawaii,—the precipices which rise from the raging surf which beats against the coast known now as the Hamakua district. Who acts: Poliahu, precipices, raging surf. 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D. Westervelt, Pele and the Snow-goddess. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Poliahu, precipices, raging surf), 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:pg66516:12:24 # text = Poliahu, the best-known among the maidens of the mountains, loved the eastern cliffs of the great island Hawaii,—the precipices which rise from the raging surf which beats against the coast known now as the Hamakua district. 1 Poliahu Poliahu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 7 among among ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 14 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 eastern eastern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 cliffs cliff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 Hawaii Hawaii PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 — - PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 precipices precipice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 rise rise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 raging rage VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 amod _ _ 32 surf surf NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 beats beat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 35 against against ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 coast coast NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 advcl _ _ 39 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 40 as as ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 Hamakua Hamakua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 district district NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | participle | | | | | | among the maidens of the mountains | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **love** | past | Poliahu the best | the eastern cliffs of island Hawaii | | | | the precipices *obl* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cliff=Stimulus | | 3 | **rise** | present | the precipices | | | the raging surf | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from surf=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **rage** | gerund | | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **beat** | present | the raging surf | | | the coast | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against coast=Location | | 6 | **know** | participle | the raging surf *not said here* | | | | now | as the Hamakua district | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as district=Attribute | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/12/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/12/25/) - ↑ back to [Pele and the Snow-goddess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/12/)