--- title: When this objection had been overruled by the high chiefess, who had… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: When this objection had been overruled by the high chiefess, who had been sent from Oahu to bring back the young king, Kahekili again delayed proceedings by refusing to permit the young wife to go with him. Who acts: high chiefess. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. 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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 (high chiefess), 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:pg66357:13:9 # text = When this objection had been overruled by the high chiefess, who had been sent from Oahu to bring back the young king, Kahekili again delayed proceedings by refusing to permit the young wife to go with him. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 objection objection NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 overruled overrule VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 chiefess chiefess NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl:relcl _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Oahu Oahu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 20 back back ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 Kahekili Kahekili PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 26 again again ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 delayed delayed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 proceedings proceedings NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 6 obl _ _ 29 by by SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 30 refusing refuse VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 permit permit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overrule** | past · perfect · passive | the high chiefess | this objection | | | | Kahekili delayed proceedings *obl* | tree rules | | 2 | **send** | past · perfect · passive | | the high chiefess | | Oahu | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from oahu=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **bring back** | to-infinitive | | | the young king | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument king=Destination | | 4 | **refuse** | gerund | the high chiefess *not said here* | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **not** **permit** | to-infinitive | the high chiefess *not said here* | the young wife | | | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Theme | | 6 | **go** | to-infinitive | the high chiefess *not said here* | the young wife *not said here* | | | | with King | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with he=Beneficiary | 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. 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