--- title: Then Poliahu and her friends of the white mantle threw their cold-wa… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: Then Poliahu and her friends of the white mantle threw their cold-wave over the chief and his friends and, while they shivered and were chilled almost to the verge of death, appeared before all the people standing in their shining robes of snow, glittering in the glory of the sun; then, casting once --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/12/54/) [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 the Snow-goddess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/12/) / 54 # Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pele and the Snow-goddess, sentence 54 Then Poliahu and her friends of the white mantle threw their cold-wave over the chief and his friends and, while they shivered and were chilled almost to the verge of death, appeared before all the people standing in their shining robes of snow, glittering in the glory of the sun; then, casting once more their cold breath upon the multitude, disappeared forever from Kauai, returning to their own home on the great mountains of the southern islands. **Who acts:** Poliahu, chiefs, people, mantles, sun · **What happens:** throw, shiver, chill, appear, stand, shine · **To what, where:** cold wave, chief, shining robes, glory, cold breath, Kauai This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. 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, chiefs, people, mantles), 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:pg66516:12:54 # text = Then Poliahu and her friends of the white mantle threw their cold-wave over the chief and his friends and, while they shivered and were chilled almost to the verge of death, appeared before all the people standing in their shining robes of snow, glittering in the glory of the sun; then, casting once more their cold breath upon the multitude, disappeared forever from Kauai, returning to their own home on the great mountains of the southern islands. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 2 Poliahu Poliahu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 mantle mantle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 10 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 12 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 wave wave NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 15 over over ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 while while SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 shivered shiver VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 chilled chill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ _ 29 almost almost ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 verge verge NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 appeared appear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 37 before before ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 40 det:predet _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl:agent _ _ 41 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 acl _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 45 amod _ _ 45 robes robe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 glittering glitter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 conj _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 glory glory NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ; ; PUNCT : _ 69 punct _ _ 57 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 69 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 59 casting cast VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 69 advcl _ _ 60 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 61 advmod _ _ 61 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 64 advmod _ _ 62 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 63 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 65 upon upon ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 multitude multitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 69 disappeared disappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 70 forever forever ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ _ 71 from from ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 Kauai Kauai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 74 returning return VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 69 advcl _ _ 75 to to ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 76 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 78 nmod:poss _ _ 77 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ _ 78 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obl _ _ 79 on on ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 80 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 82 det _ _ 81 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 82 amod _ _ 82 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 obl _ _ 83 of of ADP IN _ 86 case _ _ 84 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 86 det _ _ 85 southern southern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 86 amod _ _ 86 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 82 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 87 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | past | Poliahu and Poliahu's friends of the white mantle | mantles's cold wave | | the chief and Kauai's friends | then | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent wave=Theme over chief=Destination | | 2 | **shiver** | past | chiefs *= chief* | | | | | | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **chill** | past · passive | chiefs *= chief* *not said here* | | | | | to the verge of death | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 4 | **appear** | participle | chiefs *= chief* *not said here* | | | | | all people *obl:agent* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **stand** | gerund | all people *not said here* | | | chiefs's shining robes of snow | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in robe=Location | | 6 | **shine** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **glitter** | gerund | all people *not said here* | | | the glory of the sun | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in glory=Location | | 8 | **cast** | gerund | | chiefs's cold breath upon the multitude | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **disappear** | past | Poliahu and Poliahu's friends of the white mantle *not said here* | | | Kauai | then | forever *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from kauai=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **return** | gerund | Poliahu and Poliahu's friends of the white mantle *not said here* | | | the great mountains of the southern islands | | to chiefs's own home *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to home=Result | | 11 | **wave** | | mantles *= mantle* | | | | | | nom wave «event transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **glory** | | the sun | | | | | | nom glory «state intransitive»: of=agent | 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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