--- title: This rather full argument from the lips of the high priest shows the… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: This rather full argument from the lips of the high priest shows the exceedingly strong hold which the tabus and worship of the gods had upon the most enlightened and upright men of the days immediately preceding the discovery of the islands by Captain Cook. 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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 (full argument, tabus, strong hold, upright men), 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:pg66357:13:76 # text = This rather full argument from the lips of the high priest shows the exceedingly strong hold which the tabus and worship of the gods had upon the most enlightened and upright men of the days immediately preceding the discovery of the islands by Captain Cook. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 2 rather rather ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 argument argument NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 12 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 exceedingly exceedingly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 obj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 tabus tabus NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 worship worship NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 25 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 26 upon upon SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 29 advmod _ _ 29 enlightened enlighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 xcomp _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 31 upright upright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 36 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 preceding precede VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 discovery discovery NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 43 by by ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 Captain Captain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 Cook Cook PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | this full argument from the lips of the high priest | the strong hold | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent hold=Recipient | | 2 | **have** | past | the tabus and worship of the gods | the strong hold | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **enlighten** | participle | the strong hold *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **precede** | gerund | upright men of the days | the discovery of the islands | | | | by Captain Cook; immediately *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme discovery=Co-Theme | | 5 | **worship** | | the gods | | | | | | nom worship «act intransitive»: of=agent | | 6 | **discover** | | | the islands | | | | | nom discovery «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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/13/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/13/77/) - ↑ back to [King Kahahana, About 1773](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/13/)