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title: One thing, however, remained which they could do for the Maui king,… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: One thing, however, remained which they could do for the Maui king, which would abundantly repay him for all the aid he had ever given to this young king. Who acts: One thing, things, Maui king, aid. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, King Kahahana, About 1773, with its
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, King Kahahana, About 1773, sentence 79

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One thing, however, remained which they could do for the Maui king, which would abundantly repay him for all the aid he had ever given to this young king.

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**Who acts:** One thing, things, Maui king, aid · **What happens:** remain, do, repay, give · **To what, where:** King, young king

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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 (One thing, things, Maui king, aid), 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:pg66357:13:79
# text = One thing, however, remained which they could do for the Maui king, which would abundantly repay him for all the aid he had ever given to this young king.
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	however	however	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	remained	remain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obj	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Maui	Maui	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
17	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	abundantly	abundantly	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	repay	repay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	acl:relcl	_	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	24	det:predet	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	aid	aid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
25	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj:pass	_	_
26	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
27	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	28	advmod	_	_
28	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	acl:relcl	_	_
29	to	to	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	32	det	_	_
31	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	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 | **remain** | past | One thing |  |  |  |  | however *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | could | things *= thing* |  |  |  |  | for the Maui king; which *obj* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality |
| 3 | **repay** | would | the Maui king | King |  |  |  | for all aid; abundantly *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Asset for aid=Theme |
| 4 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | all aid *not said here* | King | this young king |  | ever |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to king=Recipient |

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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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