--- title: He spoke of the experience gained in the wars between the kings of M… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: He spoke of the experience gained in the wars between the kings of Maui and Hawaii, and stated that the bestowal of the ivory and the temple lands upon Kahekili might readily be granted as an honourable return from the chiefs of Oahu for the training given to their young 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 (Kahahana, experience, bestowal), 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:pg66357:13:48 # text = He spoke of the experience gained in the wars between the kings of Maui and Hawaii, and stated that the bestowal of the ivory and the temple lands upon Kahekili might readily be granted as an honourable return from the chiefs of Oahu for the training given to their young king. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 of of SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 experience experience NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 gained gain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 wars war NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 10 between between ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Maui Maui PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 Hawaii Hawaii PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 stated state VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 bestowal bestowal NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 ivory ivory NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 temple temple NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 29 lands land VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 30 upon upon SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 31 Kahekili Kahekili PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 33 readily readily ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 granted grant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 advcl _ _ 36 as as ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 honourable honourable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 Oahu Oahu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 training training NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 48 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 acl _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 51 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Kahahana | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **gain** | past | the experience | | | | | in the wars between the kings of Maui and Hawaii | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in war=Attribute | | 3 | **state** *speech: other* | past | Kahahana *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **land** | present | the bestowal of the ivory and the temple | | | | | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **grant** | might · passive | | Kahekili | | | | as a honourable return from the chiefs of Oahu for the training; readily *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **give** | participle | | the training *not said here* | bestowal's young king | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient | | 7 | **bestow** | | | the ivory | | | | | nom bestowal «act transitive»: of=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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/13/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/13/49/) - ↑ back to [King Kahahana, About 1773](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/13/)