--- title: The coconut shell in which the spirit had been kept was held against… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: The coconut shell in which the spirit had been kept was held against the body, the feet and limbs were slapped, and the body rubbed by Wahine-omao while Hiiaka continued her necessary incantations until the restoration to life was complete. Who acts: Hiiaka, restoration. 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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 (Hiiaka, restoration), 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:pg66516:20:180 # text = The coconut shell in which the spirit had been kept was held against the body, the feet and limbs were slapped, and the body rubbed by Wahine-omao while Hiiaka continued her necessary incantations until the restoration to life was complete. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 coconut coconut NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 shell shell NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 against against ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 limbs limb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 slapped slap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 27 rubbed rub VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 Wahine Wahine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 omao omao NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 while while SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 Hiiaka Hiiaka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 incantations incantation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 38 until until SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 restoration restoration NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 complete complete ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past · perfect · passive | | the spirit | | the coconut shell | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in which=Location | | 2 | **hold** | past · passive | | the coconut shell | | the body | | the body *obl* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme against body=Location | | 3 | **slap** | past · passive | | the feet and limbs | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **rub** | participle | | the body *not said here* | | | | by Wahine omao | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme by omao=Destination | | 5 | **continue** | past | Hiiaka | Hiiaka's necessary incantations | | | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent incantation=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | the restoration to life | | | | | complete *property* | tree rules | 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 179](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/20/179/) - next →: [sentence 181](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/20/181/) - ↑ back to [Pili and Noho](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/20/)