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title: The young king thought that this was a small part of his kingdom and… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: The young king thought that this was a small part of his kingdom and would scarcely be missed, hence he readily promised to grant the Kua-loa district to his friend. Who acts: young king, this, King. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, King Kahahana, About 1773, with its
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, King Kahahana, About 1773, sentence 16

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The young king thought that this was a small part of his kingdom and would scarcely be missed, hence he readily promised to grant the Kua-loa district to his friend.

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**Who acts:** young king, this, King · **What happens:** think, be, miss, promise, grant · **To what, where:** small part, Kua loa district, friend · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (young king, this, King), 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:pg66357:13:16
# text = The young king thought that this was a small part of his kingdom and would scarcely be missed, hence he readily promised to grant the Kua-loa district to his friend.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
16	scarcely	scarcely	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	missed	miss	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	hence	hence	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
21	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
22	readily	readily	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
25	grant	grant	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	xcomp	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
27	Kua	Kua	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	loa	loa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	compound	_	_
30	district	district	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
31	to	to	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the young king |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | this | a small part |  |  |  | of King's kingdom | tree rules |
| 3 | **miss** | would · passive | the young king *not said here* |  |  |  |  | scarcely *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S» |
| 4 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | King |  |  |  |  | hence, readily *property* | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **grant** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | the Kua loa district | King's friend |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent district=Theme to friend=Goal |

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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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