--- title: Ka-ahu-manu talked these and many other similar experiences over whe… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: Ka-ahu-manu talked these and many other similar experiences over when she visited the old grass house, gaining new ideas and new confidence from her loyal retainers; but the old woman, with aching heart, sat in the door, muttering incantations to keep her queen and her children from the danger which --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/19/52/) [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/) / [Last of the Tabu](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/19/) / 52 # Hawaiian Historical Legends, Last of the Tabu, sentence 52 Ka-ahu-manu talked these and many other similar experiences over when she visited the old grass house, gaining new ideas and new confidence from her loyal retainers; but the old woman, with aching heart, sat in the door, muttering incantations to keep her queen and her children from the danger which their words seemed to invite. **Who acts:** Ka ahu manu, many other similar experiences, old woman, words, women · **What happens:** talk, visit, gain, ache, sit, mutter · **To what, where:** these, old grass house, new ideas, door, incantations, queen This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, Last of the Tabu. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ka ahu manu, many other similar experiences, old woman, words), 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:pg66357:19:52 # text = Ka-ahu-manu talked these and many other similar experiences over when she visited the old grass house, gaining new ideas and new confidence from her loyal retainers; but the old woman, with aching heart, sat in the door, muttering incantations to keep her queen and her children from the danger which their words seemed to invite. 1 Ka Ka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ahu ahu NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 manu manu NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 6 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 9 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 10 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 similar similar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 experiences experience NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 13 over over ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 visited visit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 19 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 gaining gain VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 23 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 ideas idea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 confidence confidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 loyal loyal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 retainers retainer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 aching ache VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 amod _ _ 40 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 muttering mutter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 advcl _ _ 48 incantations incantation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 51 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 conj _ _ 56 from from ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 59 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 62 obj _ _ 60 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 nsubj _ _ 62 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 acl:relcl _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 64 invite invite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | past | Ka ahu manu | these | | | | | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent this=Patient | | 2 | **visit** | past | many other similar experiences | the old grass house | | | | manu *nsubj*; over *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Co-Agent | | 3 | **gain** | gerund | many other similar experiences *not said here* | new ideas and new confidence from manu's loyal retainers | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Theme | | 4 | **ache** | gerund | | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **sit** | past | the old woman and aching heart | | | the door | | from the danger; manu's children *conj* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in door=Location | | 6 | **mutter** *speech: assert* | gerund | the old woman and aching heart *not said here* | incantations | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent incantation=Topic | | 7 | **keep** | to-infinitive | the old woman and aching heart *not said here* | manu's queen | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Theme | | 8 | **seem** | past | women's words | the danger | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **invite** | to-infinitive | women's words *not said here* | | | | | | vn promote-102 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **word** | | women *= woman* | | | | | | nom word «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. 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/19/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/19/53/) - ↑ back to [Last of the Tabu](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/19/)