--- title: “Moo-lau has a dart Of the wood of the uhi-uhi; [17] A god is Moo-la… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: “Moo-lau has a dart Of the wood of the uhi-uhi; [17] A god is Moo-lau, Moo-lau is a god!” Who acts: Moo lau, 17. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Pili and Noho, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/20/48/) [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/) / [Pili and Noho](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/20/) / 48 # Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pili and Noho, sentence 48 “Moo-lau has a dart Of the wood of the uhi-uhi; \[17\] A god is Moo-lau, Moo-lau is a god!” **Who acts:** Moo lau, 17 · **What happens:** have, be · **To what, where:** dart, Moo lau, god This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. 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 (Moo lau, 17), 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:pg66516:20:48 # text = “Moo-lau has a dart Of the wood of the uhi-uhi; [17] A god is Moo-lau, Moo-lau is a god!” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Moo moo NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 lau lau NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dart dart NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 Of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 uhi uhi NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 uhi uhi NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 17 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 17 17 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 18 punct _ _ 20 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod:unmarked _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 23 Moo moo NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 lau lau NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 Moo moo NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 lau lau NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ! ! PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Moo lau | a dart of the wood of the uhi uhi | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dart=Patient | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | 17 a god | Moo lau | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Moo lau | a god | | | | | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/20/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/20/49/) - ↑ back to [Pili and Noho](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/20/)