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title: This servant came with an appearance of great concern and told Kahah… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: This servant came with an appearance of great concern and told Kahahana very confidentially that the priest had once more sent word to the Maui king that he was ready to turn over Oahu to him and aid in the overthrow of Kahahana, but the Maui king felt such great affection for his friend on Oahu tha
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, In the Days of Kahahana, 1782, sentence 26

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This servant came with an appearance of great concern and told Kahahana very confidentially that the priest had once more sent word to the Maui king that he was ready to turn over Oahu to him and aid in the overthrow of Kahahana, but the Maui king felt such great affection for his friend on Oahu that he could not accept such treachery.

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**Who acts:** servant, priest, king, Maui king · **What happens:** come, tell, have, be, turn over, feel · **To what, where:** Kahahana, sent word, Oahu, king, such great affection, such treachery · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (servant, priest, king, Maui king), 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:pg66357:15:26
# text = This servant came with an appearance of great concern and told Kahahana very confidentially that the priest had once more sent word to the Maui king that he was ready to turn over Oahu to him and aid in the overthrow of Kahahana, but the Maui king felt such great affection for his friend on Oahu that he could not accept such treachery.
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	concern	concern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	Kahahana	Kahahana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	iobj	_	_
13	very	very	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	confidentially	confidentially	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	advcl	_	_
19	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	20	advmod	_	_
20	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	21	advmod	_	_
21	sent	sent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
23	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	Maui	Maui	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	_
26	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
27	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
28	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
29	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	cop	_	_
30	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	ccomp	_	_
31	to	to	PART	TO	_	32	mark	_	_
32	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	xcomp	_	_
33	over	over	ADP	RP	_	32	compound:prt	_	_
34	Oahu	Oahu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
35	to	to	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	obl	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	aid	aid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	conj	_	_
39	in	in	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	overthrow	overthrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	Kahahana	Kahahana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
45	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
47	Maui	Maui	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	compound	_	_
48	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nsubj	_	_
49	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
50	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
51	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	affection	affection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obj	_	_
53	for	for	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	55	nmod:poss	_	_
55	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	_
56	on	on	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
57	Oahu	Oahu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	55	nmod	_	_
58	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	62	mark	_	_
59	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	62	nsubj	_	_
60	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	62	aux	_	_
61	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	62	advmod	_	_
62	accept	accept	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	49	advcl	_	_
63	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	64	amod	_	_
64	treachery	treachery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | this servant |  |  |  |  | with a appearance of great concern | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | this servant *not said here* |  | Kahahana |  |  | confidentially *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kahahana=Recipient |
| 3 | **have** | past | the priest | sent word |  |  |  | to the Maui king | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient |
| 4 | **is** | past | king |  |  |  |  | ready *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **turn over** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | Oahu | king |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent oahu=Theme to he=Recipient |
| 6 | **feel** | past | the Maui king | such great affection |  |  |  | for king's friend on Oahu | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent affection=Location for friend=Theme |
| 7 | **not** **accept** | could | king | such treachery |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treachery=Theme |
| 8 | **overthrow** |  |  | Kahahana |  |  |  |  | nom overthrow «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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