--- title: They probably did not understand that Ku-waha-ilo might mean destruc… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: They probably did not understand that Ku-waha-ilo might mean destructive earth forces, and Haumea might mean the earth itself from whom Pele, the goddess of fire, and Na-maka-o-ka-hai, the goddess of the sea, were born. Who acts: Hawaiians, waha ilo, Haumea, Pele. 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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 (Hawaiians, waha ilo, Haumea, Pele), 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:pg66516:5:49 # text = They probably did not understand that Ku-waha-ilo might mean destructive earth forces, and Haumea might mean the earth itself from whom Pele, the goddess of fire, and Na-maka-o-ka-hai, the goddess of the sea, were born. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 probably probably ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 7 Ku Ku PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 waha waha NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ilo ilo NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 14 destructive destructive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 15 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 forces force NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 Haumea Haumea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 23 nmod:unmarked _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nmod _ _ 27 Pele Pele PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 goddess goddess NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 appos _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 35 Na Na PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 maka maka X FW Foreign=Yes 35 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 41 case _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ka ka NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 hai Hai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 goddess goddess NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 appos _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 51 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux:pass _ _ 52 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **understand** | past · do-support | Hawaiians *= hawaiian* | | | | | probably *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **mean** | might | waha ilo | destructive earth forces | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent force=Topic | | 3 | **mean** | might | Haumea | the earth ilo | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earth=Topic | | 4 | **bear** | past · passive | Pele *not said here* | Na | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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. 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