--- title: Fornander in his “Account of the Polynesian Race” says: “One of the… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: Fornander in his “Account of the Polynesian Race” says: “One of the legends relates that Paumakua, on his return from one of his foreign voyages, brought back with him to Oahu two white men said to have been priests A-ua-ka-hinu and A-ua-ka-mea, afterwards named Kae-kae and Ma-liu, from whom several --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/15/2/) [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/) / [In the Days of Kahahana, 1782](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/15/) / 2 # Hawaiian Historical Legends, In the Days of Kahahana, 1782, sentence 2 Fornander in his “Account of the Polynesian Race” says: “One of the legends relates that Paumakua, on his return from one of his foreign voyages, brought back with him to Oahu two white men said to have been priests A-ua-ka-hinu and A-ua-ka-mea, afterwards named Kae-kae and Ma-liu, from whom several priestly families in after ages claimed descent and authority.” **Who acts:** Fornander, One, two white men, several priestly families, Paumakua · **What happens:** say, relate, bring back, be, name, claim · **To what, where:** Paumakua, return, Oahu, priests, Kae kae, descent · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, In the Days of Kahahana, 1782. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Fornander, One, two white men, several priestly families), 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:pg66357:15:2 # text = Fornander in his “Account of the Polynesian Race” says: “One of the legends relates that Paumakua, on his return from one of his foreign voyages, brought back with him to Oahu two white men said to have been priests A-ua-ka-hinu and A-ua-ka-mea, afterwards named Kae-kae and Ma-liu, from whom several priestly families in after ages claimed descent and authority.” 1 Fornander Fornander PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 Polynesian polynesian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 Race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 11 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nsubj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 legends legend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 18 relates relate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 Paumakua Paumakua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nmod _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 foreign foreign ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 voyages voyage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 33 back back ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Oahu Oahu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 39 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 41 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 43 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 aux _ _ 44 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 45 cop _ _ 45 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 ccomp _ _ 46 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ SpaceAfter=No 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ua ua NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ka ka NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 hinu hinu NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 54 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ SpaceAfter=No 55 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ua ua NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 57 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ka ka NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 59 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 mea mea NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 63 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 parataxis _ _ 64 Kae Kae PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 65 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 kae kae NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 xcomp _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 68 Ma Ma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 70 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 69 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 liu liu NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 72 from from ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 80 obl _ _ 74 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ _ 75 priestly priestly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ _ 76 families family NOUN NNS Number=Plur 80 nsubj _ _ 77 in in ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 78 after after ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 79 ages age NOUN NNS Number=Plur 76 nmod _ _ 80 claimed claim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 conj _ _ 81 descent descent NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 obj _ _ 82 and and CCONJ CC _ 83 cc _ _ 83 authority authority NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 85 ” " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Fornander in Fornander's Account of the Polynesian Race | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **relate** *in a quote* | present | One of the legends | Paumakua | | Paumakua's return from one of Paumakua's foreign voyages | | | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **bring back** *in a quote* | past | One of the legends *not said here* | | Oahu | | | with Paumakua | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to oahu=Destination | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | two white men | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · perfect | | priests | | | | a ua ka hinu and a ua ka mea *nmod* | tree rules | | 6 | **name** *in a quote* | participle | | Kae kae and Ma liu | | | | afterwards *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **claim** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | several priestly families in ages | descent and authority | | | | whom *obl* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent descent=Topic | | 8 | **account** *in a quote* | | Fornander | the Polynesian Race | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | | 9 | **return** *in a quote* | | Paumakua | | | | | | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **voyage** *in a quote* | | Paumakua | | | | | | nom voyage «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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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