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title: After careful consideration, it was decided that Kahahana was the mo… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: After careful consideration, it was decided that Kahahana was the most available of all who could be accepted for their future ruler, and an embassy was sent to Maui to recall him and inform him of the exalted position for which he had been chosen by his fellow-chiefs of Oahu. Who acts: Kahahana, fu
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, King Kahahana, About 1773, sentence 6

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After careful consideration, it was decided that Kahahana was the most available of all who could be accepted for their future ruler, and an embassy was sent to Maui to recall him and inform him of the exalted position for which he had been chosen by his fellow-chiefs of Oahu.

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**Who acts:** Kahahana, future ruler, fellow chiefs · **What happens:** decide, be, accept, send, recall, inform · **To what, where:** consideration, embassy, Maui, Kahahana · **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 (Kahahana, future ruler, fellow 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:pg66357:13:6
# text = After careful consideration, it was decided that Kahahana was the most available of all who could be accepted for their future ruler, and an embassy was sent to Maui to recall him and inform him of the exalted position for which he had been chosen by his fellow-chiefs of Oahu.
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	consideration	consideration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	decided	decide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
9	Kahahana	Kahahana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	13	advmod	_	_
13	available	available	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	ccomp	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	obl	_	_
16	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	accepted	accept	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl:relcl	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
22	future	future	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	ruler	ruler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
26	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	embassy	embassy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nsubj:pass	_	_
28	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux:pass	_	_
29	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
30	to	to	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	Maui	Maui	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
32	to	to	PART	TO	_	33	mark	_	_
33	recall	recall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	advcl	_	_
34	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	obj	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
36	inform	inform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	conj	_	_
37	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	obj	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
40	exalted	exalt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	41	amod	_	_
41	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
42	for	for	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	47	obl	_	_
44	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
45	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
46	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	47	aux:pass	_	_
47	chosen	choose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	41	parataxis	_	_
48	by	by	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
49	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
50	fellow	fellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	50	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	chiefs	chief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	obl	_	_
53	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	Oahu	Oahu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | past · passive |  | consideration |  |  | after careful consideration |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | past | Kahahana |  |  |  |  | of all; available *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **accept** | could · passive | courts's future ruler |  |  |  |  | who *nsubj:pass* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 4 | **send** | past · passive |  | a embassy | Maui |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to maui=Destination |
| 5 | **recall** | to-infinitive |  | Kahahana |  |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 6 | **inform** *speech: other* | infinitive |  |  | Kahahana |  |  | of the exalted position | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient of position=Topic |
| 7 | **exalt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 8 | **choose** | past · perfect · passive | Kahahana's fellow chiefs of Oahu | Kahahana |  |  |  | for the exalted position | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent subject=Theme for which=Beneficiary |

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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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