Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pele and Kama-puaa, sentence 103

Out from the pits of Kilauea came vast masses of lava piling up against the field of grass in its pathway, and soon the grass began to burn; then Kama-puaa assumed the shape of a man, the hair or bristles on his body were singed and the smart of many burns began to cause agony.—Apparently the grass represented the bristles on the front of his hog-body which were scorched and burned.

Who acts: lava, grass, Kama puaa · What happens: come, pile up, begin, burn, assume, bristle · To what, where: vast masses, pits, pathway, shape, body, agony

This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Pele and Kama-puaa. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lava, grass, Kama puaa), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Out	out	ADV	_	7 came	advmod
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 pits	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pits	det
4	pits	pit	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 came	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Kilauea	case
6	Kilauea	Kilauea	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 pits	nmod
7	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	vast	vast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 masses	amod
9	masses	mass	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 came	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 lava	case
11	lava	lava	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 masses	nmod
12	piling	pile	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 lava	acl
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 piling	compound:prt
14	against	against	ADP	_	16 field	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 field	det
16	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 piling	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 grass	case
18	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 field	nmod
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 pathway	case
20	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 pathway	nmod:poss
21	pathway	pathway	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 piling	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 began	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 began	cc
24	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	27 began	advmod
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 grass	det
26	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 began	nsubj
27	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 came	conj
28	to	to	PART	_	29 burn	mark
29	burn	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 began	xcomp
30	;	;	PUNCT	_	35 assumed	punct
31	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	35 assumed	advmod
32	Kama	Kama	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 puaa	compound
33	-	-	PUNCT	_	32 Kama	punct
34	puaa	puaa	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 assumed	nsubj
35	assumed	assume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 came	parataxis
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 shape	det
37	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 assumed	obj
38	of	of	ADP	_	40 man	case
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 man	det
40	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 shape	nmod
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 hair	punct
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 hair	det
43	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 shape	conj
44	or	or	CCONJ	_	45 bristles	cc
45	bristles	bristle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	35 assumed	conj
46	on	on	ADP	_	48 body	case
47	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 body	nmod:poss
48	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 bristles	obl
49	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 singed	aux:pass
50	singed	singe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	57 began	parataxis
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 smart	cc
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 smart	det
53	smart	smart	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 singed	conj
54	of	of	ADP	_	56 burns	case
55	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 burns	amod
56	burns	burn	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 smart	obl
57	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 bristles	conj
58	to	to	PART	_	59 cause	mark
59	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	57 began	xcomp
60	agony	agony	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 cause	obj
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 came	punct
62	—	-	PUNCT	_	66 represented	punct
63	Apparently	apparently	ADV	_	66 represented	advmod
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 grass	det
65	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 represented	nsubj
66	represented	represent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 came	conj
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 bristles	det
68	bristles	bristle	NOUN	Number=Plur	66 represented	obj
69	on	on	ADP	_	71 front	case
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 front	det
71	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 represented	obl
72	of	of	ADP	_	76 body	case
73	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	76 body	nmod:poss
74	hog	hog	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 body	compound
75	-	-	PUNCT	_	74 hog	punct
76	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 front	nmod
77	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	79 scorched	nsubj:pass
78	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	79 scorched	aux:pass
79	scorched	scorch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	76 body	acl:relcl
80	and	and	CCONJ	_	81 burned	cc
81	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	79 scorched	conj
82	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 came	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past		vast masses of lava	the pits of Kilauea		out property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mass=Theme
2	pile up	gerund	lava not said here		grass's pathway		against the field of grass	vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme against field=Destination
3	begin	past	the grass				soon property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	burn	to-infinitive	the grass not said here					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	assume	past	Kama puaa	the shape of a man and the hair		then		vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Theme
6	bristle	present	Kama puaa not said here		lava's body			vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on body=Location
7	singe	past · passive						vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»
8	begin	past	Kama puaa not said here					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
9	cause	to-infinitive	Kama puaa not said here	agony				vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition agony=Patient
10	represent	past	the grass	the bristles	the front of lava's hog body		apparently property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot bristle=Theme
11	scorch	past · passive		lava's hog body				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
12	burn	participle						vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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.

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🌲 Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pele and Kama-puaa, sentence 103

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Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Pele and Kama-puaa, sentence 103