--- title: Again Ka-o-pulu-pulu, the high priest, argued that if Kahahana, this… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: Again Ka-o-pulu-pulu, the high priest, argued that if Kahahana, this new king, had come with warriors and subdued Oahu, the chiefs of Oahu could have nothing to say concerning the disposition of anything belonging to the island. Who acts: Kahahana, chiefs. 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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, chiefs), 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:pg66357:13:73 # text = Again Ka-o-pulu-pulu, the high priest, argued that if Kahahana, this new king, had come with warriors and subdued Oahu, the chiefs of Oahu could have nothing to say concerning the disposition of anything belonging to the island. 1 Again again ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 Ka Ka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 6 case _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 pulu pulu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 pulu pulu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 14 argued argue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 17 Kahahana Kahahana PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 20 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 ccomp _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 subdued subdue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 29 Oahu Oahu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 dislocated _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Oahu Oahu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 37 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 36 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl _ _ 40 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 39 xcomp _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 disposition disposition NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 42 nmod _ _ 45 belonging belong VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 acl _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | past | | | | | | again Ka and pulu and pulu | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | Kahahana | | | | | with warriors | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **subdue** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | could | the chiefs of Oahu | nothing | | | | Oahu *dislocated* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the chiefs of Oahu *not said here* | nothing *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **concern** | gerund | the chiefs of Oahu *not said here* | the disposition of anything | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus disposition=Experiencer | | 7 | **belong** | gerund | | | | | | to the island | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/13/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/13/74/) - ↑ back to [King Kahahana, About 1773](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/13/)