--- title: The king’s purpose was evident to all the chiefs and Ka-o-pulu-pulu… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: The king’s purpose was evident to all the chiefs and Ka-o-pulu-pulu would not be misjudged if he attempted to escape; therefore he fled eastward toward Honolulu, but was overtaken at Pearl Harbour and killed. Who acts: purpose, king. 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 (purpose, king), 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:pg66357:15:54 # text = The king’s purpose was evident to all the chiefs and Ka-o-pulu-pulu would not be misjudged if he attempted to escape; therefore he fled eastward toward Honolulu, but was overtaken at Pearl Harbour and killed. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 evident evident ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 Ka Ka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 16 case _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 pulu pulu X FW Foreign=Yes 12 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 pulu pulu X FW Foreign=Yes 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 misjudged misjudge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 parataxis _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 attempted attempt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 32 eastward eastward ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 toward toward ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Honolulu Honolulu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 overtaken overtake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 Pearl Pearl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 Harbour Harbour PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the king's purpose | | | | | to all chiefs; evident *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **misjudge** | would · passive | | pulu | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **attempt** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | king | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **escape** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **flee** | past | king | | | Honolulu | | eastward, therefore *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme toward honolulu=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **overtake** | past · passive | king *not said here* | | | Pearl Harbour | | | tree rules | | 7 | **kill** | past | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **purpose** | | the king | | | | | | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: 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. 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/15/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/15/55/) - ↑ back to [In the Days of Kahahana, 1782](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/15/)