--- title: When Lono (Captain Cook) saw the spear pushed between the king and h… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: When Lono (Captain Cook) saw the spear pushed between the king and himself he caught his sword and struck that chief on the head, but the sword slipped and cut the cheek. Who acts: Lono, spear, sword. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Lono, spear, sword), 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:pg66357:12:177 # text = When Lono (Captain Cook) saw the spear pushed between the king and himself he caught his sword and struck that chief on the head, but the sword slipped and cut the cheek. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 Lono Lono PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Captain Captain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Cook Cook PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 5 punct _ _ 7 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 between between ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obl _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 slipped slip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 cheek cheek NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Lono | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **push** | past | the spear | King | | | | between the king | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent between king=Destination | | 3 | **catch** | past | spear | spear's sword | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 4 | **strike** | past | spear *not said here* | chief | | | | on the head | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent chief=Instrument on head=Patient | | 5 | **slip** | past | the sword | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **cut** | past | the sword *not said here* | the cheek | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cheek=Product | 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 176](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/12/176/) - next →: [sentence 178](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/12/178/) - ↑ back to [Captain Cook](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/12/)