--- title: This story says that Pele had a husband, Wahioloa, who ran away from… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: This story says that Pele had a husband, Wahioloa, who ran away from her with a sister named Pele-kumu-ka-lani, and that Pele searched the islands of the great ocean as she followed them, but never found them. Who acts: story, Pele, Wahioloa. 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D. Westervelt, How Pele Came to Hawaii. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (story, Pele, Wahioloa), 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:pg66516:5:34 # text = This story says that Pele had a husband, Wahioloa, who ran away from her with a sister named Pele-kumu-ka-lani, and that Pele searched the islands of the great ocean as she followed them, but never found them. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 Pele Pele PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 Wahioloa Wahioloa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 away away ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 20 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl _ _ 21 Pele Pele PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 kumu kumu NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 list _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ka ka NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 lani lani NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 Pele Pele PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 searched search VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 ocean ocean NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | this story | | | | | Wahioloa *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** | past | Pele | a husband | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Patient | | 3 | **run away** | past | Wahioloa | | | | | from Pele; with a sister; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from she=Trajectory | | 4 | **name** | participle | | a sister *not said here* | | | | Pele kumu *xcomp* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **search** | past | Pele | the islands of the great ocean | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent island=Location | | 6 | **follow** | past | Pele | ka | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **not** **find** | past | | ka | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/5/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/5/35/) - ↑ back to [How Pele Came to Hawaii](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/5/)