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title: Inasmuch as the chiefs had called Kahahana to the throne, however, “… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: Inasmuch as the chiefs had called Kahahana to the throne, however, “it would be wrong for him to cede to another the national emblems of sovereignty and independence.” Who acts: it, Kahahana. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, King Kahahana, About 1773, with its depende
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, King Kahahana, About 1773, sentence 75

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Inasmuch as the chiefs had called Kahahana to the throne, however, “it would be wrong for him to cede to another the national emblems of sovereignty and independence.”

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**Who acts:** it, Kahahana · **What happens:** call, be, cede · **To what, where:** chiefs, throne, national emblems, another · **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 (it, Kahahana), 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:pg66357:13:75
# text = Inasmuch as the chiefs had called Kahahana to the throne, however, “it would be wrong for him to cede to another the national emblems of sovereignty and independence.”
1	Inasmuch	inasmuch	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	chiefs	chief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	Kahahana	Kahahana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	xcomp	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	however	however	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
16	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	cop	_	_
18	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
19	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	cede	cede	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	csubj	_	_
23	to	to	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	22	obl	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	national	national	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	emblems	emblem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obj	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	sovereignty	sovereignty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	independence	independence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive |  | the chiefs | the throne |  |  | Kahahana *xcomp*; however, inasmuch *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to throne=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | would | it |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **cede** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Kahahana | the national emblems of sovereignty and independence |  |  |  | to another *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent emblem=Theme to another=Goal |

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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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