--- title: Kahekili was greatly disappointed by his failure to secure the ivory… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: Kahekili was greatly disappointed by his failure to secure the ivory, the gift of the gods, and the sacred lands with the all-powerful war drums, but he covered his chagrin as best he could by accepting the offer of warriors, for his spies assured him that his powerful brother-in-law, the king of Ha --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/13/82/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Hawaiian Historical Legends](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/) / [King Kahahana, About 1773](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/13/) / 82 # Hawaiian Historical Legends, King Kahahana, About 1773, sentence 82 Kahekili was greatly disappointed by his failure to secure the ivory, the gift of the gods, and the sacred lands with the all-powerful war drums, but he covered his chagrin as best he could by accepting the offer of warriors, for his spies assured him that his powerful brother-in-law, the king of Hawaii, was preparing an immense army with which to conquer the whole of Maui. **Who acts:** failure, Kahekili, spies, powerful brother · **What happens:** disappoint, secure, cover, accept, assure, prepare · **To what, where:** Kahekili, ivory, chagrin, offer, immense army, whole 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 (failure, Kahekili, spies, powerful brother), 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:pg66357:13:82 # text = Kahekili was greatly disappointed by his failure to secure the ivory, the gift of the gods, and the sacred lands with the all-powerful war drums, but he covered his chagrin as best he could by accepting the offer of warriors, for his spies assured him that his powerful brother-in-law, the king of Hawaii, was preparing an immense army with which to conquer the whole of Maui. 1 Kahekili Kahekili PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 disappointed disappoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 failure failure NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 secure secure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 ivory ivory NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 25 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 29 det _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 28 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 drums drum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 covered cover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 chagrin chagrin NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 as as ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 33 obl _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 40 by by SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 41 accepting accept VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 offer offer NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 for for SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 spies spy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nsubj _ _ 50 assured assure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 iobj _ _ 52 that that SCONJ IN _ 67 mark _ _ 53 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 54 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 in in ADP IN _ 59 case _ SpaceAfter=No 58 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 appos _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 Hawaii Hawaii PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 66 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 preparing prepare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 50 advcl _ _ 68 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 69 immense immense ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obj _ _ 71 with with ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 67 advcl:relcl _ _ 73 to to PART TO _ 74 mark _ _ 74 conquer conquer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 67 advcl _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 obj _ _ 77 of of ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 78 Maui Maui PROPN NNP Number=Sing 76 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **disappoint** | past · passive | Kahekili's failure | Kahekili | | | | the sacred lands with the powerful war drums *obl*; greatly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **secure** | to-infinitive | Kahekili's failure *not said here* | the ivory | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition ivory=Theme | | 3 | **cover** | past | Kahekili | Kahekili's chagrin | | | | as best | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent chagrin=Destination | | 4 | **accept** | gerund | Kahekili's failure *not said here* | the offer of warriors | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offer=Theme | | 5 | **assure** | past | Kahekili's spies | | Kahekili | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 6 | **prepare** | past · progressive | Kahekili's powerful brother and law | a immense army | | | | which *advcl:relcl* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Patient | | 7 | **conquer** | to-infinitive | Kahekili's powerful brother and law *not said here* | the whole of Maui | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whole=Patient | | 8 | **fail** | | Kahekili | | | | | | nom failure «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **gift** | | | the gods | | | | | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **chagrin** | | Kahekili | | | | | | nom chagrin «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **offer** | | | warriors | | | | | nom offer «communication 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/13/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/13/83/) - ↑ back to [King Kahahana, About 1773](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/13/)