--- title: Papa-lau-ahi fled from his antagonist, but she rode on her fiery sur… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: Papa-lau-ahi fled from his antagonist, but she rode on her fiery surf waves, urging them on faster and faster until she swept him up in the flames of fire, destroying him and all his possessions. Who acts: Papa lau ahi, flood, fire, AHI. 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D. Westervelt, Pele and the Chiefs of Puna. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Papa lau ahi, flood, fire, AHI), 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:pg66516:8:49 # text = Papa-lau-ahi fled from his antagonist, but she rode on her fiery surf waves, urging them on faster and faster until she swept him up in the flames of fire, destroying him and all his possessions. 1 Papa Papa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 lau lau NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ahi ahi NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 antagonist antagonist NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 16 fiery fiery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 surf surf NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 urging urge VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 faster fast ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 20 advmod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 faster fast ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 23 conj _ _ 26 until until SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 swept sweep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 up up ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 destroying destroy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 42 det:predet _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 possessions possession NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flee** | past | Papa lau ahi | | | AHI's antagonist | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from antagonist=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **ride** | past | flood | | | flood's fiery surf waves | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **urge** | gerund | flood *not said here* | waves *= wave* | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 4 | **sweep up** | past | flood | AHI | | the flames of fire | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme in flame=Trajectory | | 5 | **destroy** | gerund | flood *not said here* | AHI | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 6 | **wave** | | flood | | | | | | nom wave «event transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **flame** | | fire | | | | | | nom flame «process intransitive»: of=agent | | 8 | **possess** | | AHI | | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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. 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