--- title: He called out to his son: “I nui ke aho a moe i ke kai (it is far be… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: He called out to his son: “I nui ke aho a moe i ke kai (it is far better to sleep in the sea), no ke kai ka hoi ua aina” (for from the sea shall come the life of the land). Who acts: son, it, nui. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. 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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 (son, it, nui), 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:pg66357:15:51 # text = He called out to his son: “I nui ke aho a moe i ke kai (it is far better to sleep in the sea), no ke kai ka hoi ua aina” (for from the sea shall come the life of the land). 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 nui nui PROPN FW Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 11 ke ke X FW Foreign=Yes 10 flat:foreign _ _ 12 aho aho ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 moe moe NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 15 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 ke ke VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 kai kai X FW Foreign=Yes 10 conj _ _ 18 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 22 advmod _ _ 22 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 17 parataxis _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 csubj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 31 det _ _ 31 ke ke X FW Foreign=Yes 10 conj _ _ 32 kai kai X FW Foreign=Yes 10 flat:foreign _ _ 33 ka ka X FW Foreign=Yes 10 flat:foreign _ _ 34 hoi hoi X FW Foreign=Yes 10 flat:foreign _ _ 35 ua ua NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 aina aina NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ” " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ 38 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call out** *speech: assert* | past | son | | son's son | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent to son=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **ke** *in a quote* | past | son | a moe *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | it | | | | | far, good *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **sleep** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | the sea | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in sea=Location | | 5 | **aina** *in a quote* | | nui I aho a moe | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **come** | shall | | the life of the land | | | | for the sea | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location life=Theme | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/15/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/15/52/) - ↑ back to [In the Days of Kahahana, 1782](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/15/)