--- title: He took pains, in his wily and apparently open-hearted way, to let i… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: He took pains, in his wily and apparently open-hearted way, to let it be known that the only reason why he had not become the king of Oahu as well as of Maui was because of his great personal love for his young friend. Who acts: King, Maui. 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 (King, Maui), 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:pg66357:13:105 # text = He took pains, in his wily and apparently open-hearted way, to let it be known that the only reason why he had not become the king of Oahu as well as of Maui was because of his great personal love for his young friend. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 pains pain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 7 wily wily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 apparently apparently ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 hearted hearted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 13 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 xcomp _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 xcomp _ _ 24 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 xcomp _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Oahu Oahu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 44 cc _ _ 34 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 33 fixed _ _ 35 as as ADP IN _ 33 fixed _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 37 Maui Maui PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 39 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 44 case _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 39 fixed _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 42 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 43 personal personal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 xcomp _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 47 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | King | pains | | | | King's wily way *parataxis* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme | | 2 | **let** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **know** | infinitive · passive | | way | | | | the only reason *xcomp* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **become** | past | King | the king of Oahu | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **is** | past | Maui | | | | | of King's great personal love; for King's young friend; King *nmod:poss* | 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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/13/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/13/106/) - ↑ back to [King Kahahana, About 1773](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/13/)