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title: The story of the ivory of Oahu is a tale of treachery and triumph on… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: The story of the ivory of Oahu is a tale of treachery and triumph on the part of Kahekili, King of Maui, and of defeat and death for Kahahana, the last independent king of Oahu. Who acts: story. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, King Kahahana, About 1773, with its depe
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, King Kahahana, About 1773, sentence 1

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The story of the ivory of Oahu is a tale of treachery and triumph on the part of Kahekili, King of Maui, and of defeat and death for Kahahana, the last independent king of Oahu.

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**Who acts:** story · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** tale

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, King Kahahana, About 1773. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (story), 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:pg66357:13:1
# text = The story of the ivory of Oahu is a tale of treachery and triumph on the part of Kahekili, King of Maui, and of defeat and death for Kahahana, the last independent king of Oahu.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ivory	ivory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Oahu	Oahu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	treachery	treachery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	triumph	triumph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Kahekili	Kahekili	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	appos	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	Maui	Maui	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	defeat	defeat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	conj	_	_
30	for	for	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	Kahahana	Kahahana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
34	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
35	independent	independent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	appos	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	Oahu	Oahu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the story of the ivory of Oahu | a tale and triumph on the part of Kahekili and defeat for Kahahana and death |  |  |  | of treachery; triumph on the part of Kahekili *conj*; defeat for Kahahana and death *conj* | tree rules |

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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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