--- title: The chiefs who were the boon companions of the royal family, who had… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: The chiefs who were the boon companions of the royal family, who had the privilege of eating around the royal poi-bowls, were separated into two regiments: the Alapa—“the slender”—and Piipii—“the furious.” Who acts: chiefs, boon companions, privilege. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/14/74/) [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/) / [The Alapa Regiment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/14/) / 74 # Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Alapa Regiment, sentence 74 The chiefs who were the boon companions of the royal family, who had the privilege of eating around the royal poi-bowls, were separated into two regiments: the Alapa—“the slender”—and Piipii—“the furious.” **Who acts:** chiefs, boon companions, privilege · **What happens:** be, have, eat, separate · **To what, where:** boon companions, privilege, royal poi bowls, two regiments This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, The Alapa Regiment. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (chiefs, boon companions, privilege), 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:pg66357:14:74 # text = The chiefs who were the boon companions of the royal family, who had the privilege of eating around the royal poi-bowls, were separated into two regiments: the Alapa—“the slender”—and Piipii—“the furious.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 boon boon NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 privilege privilege NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 of of SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 acl _ _ 19 around around ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 21 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 22 poi poi NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 bowls bowl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 26 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 separated separate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 regiments regiment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Alapa Alapa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 — - PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 slender slender ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ” " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 — - PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 Piipii Piipii PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 — - PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 “ " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 furious furious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the chiefs | the boon companions | | | | of the royal family; who *nsubj* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | the boon companions | the privilege | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent privilege=Patient | | 3 | **eat** | gerund | the privilege *not said here* | | | the royal poi bowls | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **separate** | past · passive | | the boon companions | | two regiments the Alapa | | Piipii *obl* | tree rules | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/14/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/14/75/) - ↑ back to [The Alapa Regiment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/14/)