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title: Just as he was becoming too weary to move, his wife, who had followe… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: Just as he was becoming too weary to move, his wife, who had followed him, hurled rocks, striking the giant’s face, then seizing her husband fled with him homeward. Who acts: Kau, husband. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Pele and the Owl Ghost-god, with
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pele and the Owl Ghost-god, sentence 19

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Just as he was becoming too weary to move, his wife, who had followed him, hurled rocks, striking the giant’s face, then seizing her husband fled with him homeward.

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**Who acts:** Kau, husband · **What happens:** become, move, follow, hurl, strike, seize · **To what, where:** wife, rocks, face, homeward

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Pele and the Owl Ghost-god. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Kau, husband), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg66516:6:19
# text = Just as he was becoming too weary to move, his wife, who had followed him, hurled rocks, striking the giant’s face, then seizing her husband fled with him homeward.
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	becoming	become	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	19	advcl	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	weary	weary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	followed	follow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl:relcl	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
19	hurled	hurl	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
20	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	striking	strike	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	19	advcl	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	’s	's	PART	POS	_	24	case	_	_
26	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
28	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	29	advmod	_	_
29	seizing	seize	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	22	conj	_	_
30	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	_
31	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	_
32	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	ccomp	_	_
33	with	with	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	obl	_	_
35	homeward	homeward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past · progressive | Kau |  |  |  |  | weary *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **move** | to-infinitive | Kau *not said here* | Kau's wife |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **follow** | past · perfect · passive |  | Kau's wife |  |  |  | Kau *obj* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: subject=Theme he=Attribute |
| 4 | **hurl** | past |  | rocks |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Theme |
| 5 | **strike** | gerund |  | the giant's face |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient |
| 6 | **seize** | gerund |  |  |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **flee** | past | giant's husband | homeward |  |  |  | with Kau | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme homeward=Initial\_Location |

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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.

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**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.

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