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title: Therefore, when, in 1773, he came from Maui to take the reins of gov… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: Therefore, when, in 1773, he came from Maui to take the reins of government in his hands, it was very important for him to keep the friendship of the high chiefs who had given him the position. Who acts: Kahahana, it, high chiefs. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, King
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, King Kahahana, About 1773, sentence 44

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Therefore, when, in 1773, he came from Maui to take the reins of government in his hands, it was very important for him to keep the friendship of the high chiefs who had given him the position.

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**Who acts:** Kahahana, it, high chiefs · **What happens:** come, take, be, keep, give · **To what, where:** 1773, reins, hands, friendship, position, Kahahana

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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 (Kahahana, it, high chiefs), 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:pg66357:13:44
# text = Therefore, when, in 1773, he came from Maui to take the reins of government in his hands, it was very important for him to keep the friendship of the high chiefs who had given him the position.
1	Therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1773	1773	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Maui	Maui	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	reins	rein	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
23	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
24	very	very	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
25	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
26	for	for	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	obl	_	_
28	to	to	PART	TO	_	29	mark	_	_
29	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	csubj	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	chiefs	chief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	nmod	_	_
36	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	38	nsubj	_	_
37	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	aux	_	_
38	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	35	acl:relcl	_	_
39	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	iobj	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Kahahana |  |  | 1773 |  | from Maui; therefore *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from maui=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | Kahahana *not said here* | the reins of government |  | Kahahana's hands |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent rein=Value in hand=Location |
| 3 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | for Kahahana; important *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | the friendship of the high chiefs |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friendship=Theme |
| 5 | **give** | past · perfect | the high chiefs | the position | Kahahana |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient position=Theme |

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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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