--- title: Kalola, wife of Kalaniopuu, heard the death-word, and that the chief… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: Kalola, wife of Kalaniopuu, heard the death-word, and that the chief had been killed by the gun of the foreigners, so she ran out of the woman’s house, put her hand on the king’s shoulder and said, “O Kalani, let us go back.” Who acts: Kalola, gun, Kalani, us. 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D. Westervelt, Captain Cook. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Kalola, gun, Kalani, us), 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:pg66357:12:173 # text = Kalola, wife of Kalaniopuu, heard the death-word, and that the chief had been killed by the gun of the foreigners, so she ran out of the woman’s house, put her hand on the king’s shoulder and said, “O Kalani, let us go back.” 1 Kalola Kalola PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Kalaniopuu Kalaniopuu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 7 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 gun gun NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 foreigners foreigner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 30 out out ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ’s 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’s 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 48 “ " PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 O o INTJ UH _ 50 discourse _ _ 50 Kalani Kalani PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 52 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 ccomp _ _ 53 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 xcomp _ _ 55 back back ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ” " PUNCT '' _ 52 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Kalola | the death word | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 2 | **kill** | past · perfect · passive | the gun of the foreigners | the chief | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 3 | **run** | past | Kalola | | | the woman's house | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out house=Trajectory | | 4 | **put** | infinitive | Kalola *not said here* | Kalola's hand | | the king's shoulder | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme on shoulder=Destination | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Kalola *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | Kalani | us | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go back** *in a quote* | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | 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 172](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/12/172/) - next →: [sentence 174](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/12/174/) - ↑ back to [Captain Cook](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/12/)