--- title: A certain priest, who was also a chief, said, “This is not an ordina… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: A certain priest, who was also a chief, said, “This is not an ordinary thing; it is a heiau [temple] of the god Lono, having steps going up into the clear sky, to the altars on the outside” (i.e., to the yards of the upper masts). Who acts: certain priest, This, thing, heiau. 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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 (certain priest, This, thing, heiau), 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:pg66357:12:31 # text = A certain priest, who was also a chief, said, “This is not an ordinary thing; it is a heiau [temple] of the god Lono, having steps going up into the clear sky, to the altars on the outside” (i.e., to the yards of the upper masts). 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 also also ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 17 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 ordinary ordinary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 heiau heiau NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 ccomp _ _ 25 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 temple temple NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 26 punct _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 31 Lono Lono PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 acl _ _ 34 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 35 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 acl _ _ 36 up up ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 altars altar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 outside outside NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ _ 49 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 i.e. i.e. ADV FW _ 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 yards yard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 upper upper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 masts mast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | a certain priest | a chief | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a certain priest | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | This | a ordinary thing | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | thing | a heiau | | | | of the god; temple *appos* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | gerund | a heiau *not said here* | steps | | | | to the altars on the outside; to the yards of the upper masts | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Patient | | 6 | **go up** *in a quote* | gerund | steps *not said here* | | | the clear sky | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/12/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/12/32/) - ↑ back to [Captain Cook](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/12/)