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title: Thus the ragged mass of Laupahoe-hoe was formed, and the great ledge… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: Thus the ragged mass of Laupahoe-hoe was formed, and the great ledge of the arch of Onomea, and the different sharp and torn lavas in the edge of the sea which mark the various eruptions of centuries past. Who acts: different sharp lavas, centuries. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (myth
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pele and the Snow-goddess, sentence 83

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Thus the ragged mass of Laupahoe-hoe was formed, and the great ledge of the arch of Onomea, and the different sharp and torn lavas in the edge of the sea which mark the various eruptions of centuries past.

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**Who acts:** different sharp lavas, centuries · **What happens:** form, tear, mark, erupt · **To what, where:** ragged mass, various eruptions

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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 (different sharp lavas, centuries), 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:pg66516:12:83
# text = Thus the ragged mass of Laupahoe-hoe was formed, and the great ledge of the arch of Onomea, and the different sharp and torn lavas in the edge of the sea which mark the various eruptions of centuries past.
1	Thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	ragged	ragged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	mass	mass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	Laupahoe	Laupahoe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	hoe	hoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	formed	form	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	ledge	ledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	arch	arch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	Onomea	Onomea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
24	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
25	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	torn	tear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	conj	_	_
28	lavas	lava	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	_
35	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	36	nsubj	_	_
36	mark	mark	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	acl:relcl	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	various	various	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	eruptions	eruption	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obj	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	centuries	century	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	nmod	_	_
42	past	past	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** | past · passive |  | the ragged mass of Laupahoe hoe |  |  |  | the great ledge of the arch of Onomea *obl*; the different sharp lavas in the edge of the sea *obl*; thus *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **tear** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **mark** | present | the different sharp lavas in the edge of the sea | the various eruptions of centuries |  |  |  | past *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent eruption=Destination |
| 4 | **erupt** |  | centuries |  |  |  |  |  | nom eruption «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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