--- title: All the legends agree in stating that Laa returned to the Hawaiian I… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: All the legends agree in stating that Laa returned to the Hawaiian Islands, that he had with him a large retinue when he visited the home of his childhood and that he brought the drum known through all the later years as Ke-eke-eke. Who acts: legends, Laa, life, Ke. 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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 (legends, Laa, life, Ke), 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:pg66357:10:40 # text = All the legends agree in stating that Laa returned to the Hawaiian Islands, that he had with him a large retinue when he visited the home of his childhood and that he brought the drum known through all the later years as Ke-eke-eke. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 legends legend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 agree agree VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 in in SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 stating state VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 Laa Laa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 Hawaiian Hawaiian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 Islands Island PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 retinue retinue NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 visited visit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 childhood childhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 drum drum NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl _ _ 38 through through ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 42 det:predet _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 42 advmod _ _ 42 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 Ke Ke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 eke eke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 eke eke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | all legends | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **state** *speech: other* | gerund | all legends *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **return** | past | Laa | | | | | to the Hawaiian Islands *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to island=Result | | 4 | **have** | past | life | a large retinue | | | | with set | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent retinue=Patient | | 5 | **visit** | past | life | the home of life's childhood | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Co-Agent | | 6 | **bring** | past | life | the drum | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent drum=Theme | | 7 | **know** | participle | | the drum *not said here* | | | year | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **eke** | infinitive | Ke | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **eke** | infinitive | Ke *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/10/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/10/41/) - ↑ back to [Laa From Tahiti](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/10/)