--- title: The natives have for many years claimed that Hiiaka found the time t… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: The natives have for many years claimed that Hiiaka found the time too short to climb the precipice, catch the ghost of Lohiau and carry it and the body down to the house prepared for her work, therefore she uttered this incantation: Who acts: natives, Hiiaka, body. 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D. Westervelt, Pili and Noho. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (natives, Hiiaka, body), 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:pg66516:20:140 # text = The natives have for many years claimed that Hiiaka found the time too short to climb the precipice, catch the ghost of Lohiau and carry it and the body down to the house prepared for her work, therefore she uttered this incantation: 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 natives native NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 7 claimed claim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 Hiiaka Hiiaka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 too too ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 precipice precipice NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 ghost ghost NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Lohiau Lohiau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 31 down down ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 35 prepared prepare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 uttered utter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 43 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 44 incantation incantation NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the natives | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **claim** *speech: other* | past | the natives *not said here* | | | | year | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **find** | past | Hiiaka | | | | time | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **climb** | to-infinitive | Hiiaka *not said here* | the precipice | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location precipice=Theme | | 5 | **catch** | infinitive | Hiiaka *not said here* | the ghost of Lohiau | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ghost=Theme | | 6 | **carry** | infinitive | Hiiaka *not said here* | ghost | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **prepare** | past | the body | | | | | to the house; for Hiiaka's work; down *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for work=Beneficiary | | 8 | **utter** *speech: other* | past | Hiiaka | this incantation | | | | therefore *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent incantation=Topic | | 9 | **ghost** | | | Lohiau | | | | | nom ghost «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **work** | | Hiiaka | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=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. 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 139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/20/139/) - next →: [sentence 141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/20/141/) - ↑ back to [Pili and Noho](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/20/)