--- title: With the coming of morning light they found themselves not far from… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: With the coming of morning light they found themselves not far from the old temple, which had been used for ages for most solemn royal ceremonies, a part of which was often the sacrifice of human beings, and here, aided by their gods, they thought to inflict such injuries upon the Maui men as would --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/16/30/) [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 Eight of Oahu](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/16/) / 30 # Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Eight of Oahu, sentence 30 With the coming of morning light they found themselves not far from the old temple, which had been used for ages for most solemn royal ceremonies, a part of which was often the sacrifice of human beings, and here, aided by their gods, they thought to inflict such injuries upon the Maui men as would make their names remembered in the Maui households. **Who acts:** fragments · **What happens:** come, not find, use, be, aid, think · **To what, where:** fragments, old temple, sacrifice, such injuries, names, Maui households This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, The Eight of Oahu. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fragments), 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:pg66357:16:30 # text = With the coming of morning light they found themselves not far from the old temple, which had been used for ages for most solemn royal ceremonies, a part of which was often the sacrifice of human beings, and here, aided by their gods, they thought to inflict such injuries upon the Maui men as would make their names remembered in the Maui households. 1 With with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 3 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 compound _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 8 obj _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 11 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 temple temple NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl:relcl _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 ages age NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 27 amod _ _ 25 solemn solemn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 26 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 ceremonies ceremony NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obl _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 often often ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 sacrifice sacrifice NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 beings being NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 aided aid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 conj _ _ 45 by by ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 inflict inflict VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ _ 53 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 injuries injury NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obj _ _ 55 upon upon ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 Maui Maui PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 compound _ _ 58 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obl _ _ 59 as as SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 60 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 advcl _ _ 62 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 obj _ _ 64 remembered remember VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 63 acl _ _ 65 in in ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 67 Maui Maui PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 compound _ _ 68 households household NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | gerund | | | | | morning | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **find** | past | fragments *= fragment* | fragments *= fragment* | | the old temple | | with the coming light | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme from temple=Source | | 3 | **use** | past · perfect · passive | | the old temple | | here | for ages | for most solemn royal ceremonies and a part | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for age=Eventuality | | 4 | **is a** | past | | the sacrifice | | | | of a part; of human beings; often *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **aid** | participle | | | | | | by fragments's gods | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | fragments *= fragment* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **inflict** | to-infinitive | fragments *= fragment* *not said here* | such injuries | | | | upon the Maui men | tree rules | | 8 | **make** | would | fragments *= fragment* *not said here* | fragments's names | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset name=Product | | 9 | **remember** | participle | | fragments's names *not said here* | | the Maui households | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **name** | | fragments *= fragment* | | | | | | nom name «communication 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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