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title: The Kalakaua legends say that Kila bore with him a brilliant royal m… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: The Kalakaua legends say that Kila bore with him a brilliant royal mantle made from the rare feathers of the mamo, and that Moi-keha had been many months in the manufacture of the mantle, assisted by hundreds of bird hunters and skilled workmen. Who acts: Kalakaua legends, Kila, Moi. A sentence of «
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, Laa From Tahiti, sentence 32

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The Kalakaua legends say that Kila bore with him a brilliant royal mantle made from the rare feathers of the mamo, and that Moi-keha had been many months in the manufacture of the mantle, assisted by hundreds of bird hunters and skilled workmen.

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**Who acts:** Kalakaua legends, Kila, Moi · **What happens:** say, bear, make, be, assist, manufacture · **To what, where:** brilliant royal mantle, rare feathers, many months, manufacture, mantle · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. 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 (Kalakaua legends, Kila, Moi), 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:pg66357:10:32
# text = The Kalakaua legends say that Kila bore with him a brilliant royal mantle made from the rare feathers of the mamo, and that Moi-keha had been many months in the manufacture of the mantle, assisted by hundreds of bird hunters and skilled workmen.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Kalakaua	Kalakaua	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	legends	legend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	Kila	Kila	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	bore	bear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	mantle	mantle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
14	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	mamo	mamo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
24	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
25	Moi	Moi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	keha	keha	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	25	dep	_	_
28	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	aux	_	_
29	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	31	cop	_	_
30	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
32	in	in	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	manufacture	manufacture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	mantle	mantle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
39	assisted	assist	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	31	acl	_	_
40	by	by	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	obl	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	compound	_	_
44	hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	nmod	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
46	skilled	skilled	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	workmen	workman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Kalakaua legends |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **bear** | past | Kila | a brilliant royal mantle |  |  |  | with Hawaii | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mantle=Patient |
| 3 | **make** | participle |  | a brilliant royal mantle *not said here* |  | the rare feathers of the mamo |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from feather=Material |
| 4 | **is a** | past · perfect | Moi | many months |  | the manufacture of the mantle |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **assist** | participle |  | many months *not said here* |  |  |  | by hundreds of bird hunters and skilled workmen | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **manufacture** |  |  | the mantle |  |  |  |  | nom manufacture «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 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.

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