--- title: Kahai, the sea-rover, a grandson of Moi-keha, is said to have sailed… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: Kahai, the sea-rover, a grandson of Moi-keha, is said to have sailed to Upolu in the Samoan Islands and there found a new species of breadfruit which he thought might well be placed by the older Hawaiian breadfruit. Who acts: new species, older Hawaiian breadfruit. 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D. Westervelt, Laa From Tahiti. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (new species, older Hawaiian breadfruit), 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:pg66357:10:22 # text = Kahai, the sea-rover, a grandson of Moi-keha, is said to have sailed to Upolu in the Samoan Islands and there found a new species of breadfruit which he thought might well be placed by the older Hawaiian breadfruit. 1 Kahai Kahai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 rover rover NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 grandson grandson NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Moi Moi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 keha keha X FW Foreign=Yes 11 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 18 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux _ _ 19 sailed sail VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 xcomp _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Upolu Upolu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 Samoan Samoan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 Islands Island PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 28 expl _ _ 28 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 species species NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 breadfruit breadfruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 37 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 ccomp _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 43 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 45 amod _ _ 44 Hawaiian hawaiian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 breadfruit breadfruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | Kahai | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sail** | to-infinitive · perfect | | | Upolu | the Samoan Islands | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to upolu=Trajectory | | 3 | **find** | past | | a new species of breadfruit | | there | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent species=Topic | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | a new species of breadfruit | | | | | Kahai *nsubj* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **place** | might · passive | the older Hawaiian breadfruit | | | | | well *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=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 Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, Project Gutenberg book 66357 (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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/10/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/10/23/) - ↑ back to [Laa From Tahiti](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/10/)