--- title: When the Oahu priests in the heiaus on the slopes of Leahi or Diamon… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: When the Oahu priests in the heiaus on the slopes of Leahi or Diamond Head saw the fleet of canoes coming from Maui, swift runners were despatched to all the high chiefs of the island that they might assemble at Waikiki and give welcome to their new king. 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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 (Oahu priests, canoes, high chiefs, runners), 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:pg66357:13:32 # text = When the Oahu priests in the heiaus on the slopes of Leahi or Diamond Head saw the fleet of canoes coming from Maui, swift runners were despatched to all the high chiefs of the island that they might assemble at Waikiki and give welcome to their new king. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Oahu Oahu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 heiaus heiaus NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 slopes slope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Leahi Leahi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 or or CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 Diamond Diamond PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 15 Head Head PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 flat _ _ 16 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 fleet fleet NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 canoes canoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 21 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 acl _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Maui Maui PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 swift swift ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 runners runner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 despatched despatch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl:agent _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 assemble assemble VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Waikiki Waikiki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 45 welcome welcome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 xcomp _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 48 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the Oahu priests in the heiaus on the slopes of Leahi or Diamond | the fleet of canoes | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fleet=Stimulus | | 2 | **come** | gerund | canoes *not said here* | | | Maui | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from maui=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **despatch** | past · passive | all high chiefs of the island | swift runners | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **assemble** | might | runners *= runner* | | | Waikiki | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **give** | infinitive | runners *= runner* *not said here* | | | | | welcome *property* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/13/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/13/33/) - ↑ back to [King Kahahana, About 1773](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/13/)