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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 (high chiefess, large retinue, good bye, Kahahana), 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:pg66357:13:31 # text = Kahahana, his wife, and the high chiefess who had come from Oahu to bring the news of his election, and a large retinue of retainers left Maui in regal state, while the good-bye “aloha” rang out over the waters from crowds of friends. 1 Kahahana Kahahana PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 chiefess chiefess NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Oahu Oahu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 election election NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 retinue retinue NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 retainers retainer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 29 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl _ _ 30 Maui Maui PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 regal regal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 35 while while SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 bye bye NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 “ " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 aloha aloha NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ 43 rang ring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 44 out out ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 over over ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 48 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 crowds crowd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past · perfect | the high chiefess | | | Oahu | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from oahu=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **bring** | to-infinitive | the high chiefess *not said here* | the news of Kahahana's election | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent news=Theme | | 3 | **leave** | participle | a large retinue of retainers *not said here* | Maui | | regal state | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent maui=Theme in state=Location | | 4 | **aloha** *in a quote* | | the good bye | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **ring out** | past | Kahahana | | | the waters | | from crowds of friends; a large retinue of retainers *nsubj*; out *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over water=Location | | 6 | **elect** | | Kahahana | | | | | | nom election «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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/pg66357/13/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/13/32/) - ↑ back to [King Kahahana, About 1773](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/13/)