--- title: The fisherman said that he had tried to bail the water out of his ca… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: The fisherman said that he had tried to bail the water out of his canoe, when it was hurled down into the coral caves, and he knew nothing more until the warm sun shone in his face and his eyes opened. Who acts: fisherman, water, warm sun. 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D. Westervelt, Hiiaka Catching a Ghost. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fisherman, water, warm sun), 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:pg66516:18:91 # text = The fisherman said that he had tried to bail the water out of his canoe, when it was hurled down into the coral caves, and he knew nothing more until the warm sun shone in his face and his eyes opened. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 bail bail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 out out ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 canoe canoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 hurled hurl VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl:relcl _ _ 21 down down ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 into into ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 coral coral NOUN NN _ 25 compound _ _ 25 caves cave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 30 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 29 obj _ _ 31 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 29 advmod _ _ 32 until until SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 36 shone shine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ _ 43 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the fisherman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **try** | past · perfect | fisherman | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **bail** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | fisherman *not said here* | the water | | water's canoe | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent water=Theme out canoe=Source | | 4 | **hurl down** | past · passive | | canoe | | the coral caves | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme into cave=Destination | | 5 | **know** | past | water | nothing | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 6 | **shine** | participle | | the warm sun *not said here* | | water's face and water's eyes | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in face=Location | | 7 | **open** | past | the warm sun | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/18/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/18/92/) - ↑ back to [Hiiaka Catching a Ghost](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/18/)