--- title: When they saw a white man holding a gun to the shoulders, with the r… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: When they saw a white man holding a gun to the shoulders, with the resulting smoke and explosion, they gave to the death-dealing magic trumpet the name “pu-waha-ulaula”—the trumpet with the red mouth. Who acts: shells, white man. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (shells, white man), 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:pg66357:17:24 # text = When they saw a white man holding a gun to the shoulders, with the resulting smoke and explosion, they gave to the death-dealing magic trumpet the name “pu-waha-ulaula”—the trumpet with the red mouth. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 holding hold VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 gun gun NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 resulting result VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 amod _ _ 17 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 explosion explosion NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 25 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 dealing deal VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 amod _ _ 28 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 29 trumpet trumpet VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 pu pu NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 waha waha NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ulaula ulaula NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ” " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 — - PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 trumpet trumpet NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | shells *= shell* | a white man | | | | with the resulting smoke and explosion | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 2 | **hold** | gerund | a white man *not said here* | a gun | | | | to the shoulders | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gun=Theme | | 3 | **result** | gerund | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **give** | past | shells *= shell* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **deal** | gerund | | | | | | death *compound* | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **trumpet** | present | shells *= shell* *not said here* | the name | the dealing magic | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Topic to magic=Recipient | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/17/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/17/25/) - ↑ back to [The Red Mouth Gun](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/17/)