--- title: Kee-au-moku, the queen’s brother, broke the tabu staff of the priest… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: Kee-au-moku, the queen’s brother, broke the tabu staff of the priests, and Hewa-hewa, the high priest, later gave his influence not only toward the suppression of the tabus, but also toward the destruction of the idols and their temples. Who acts: Kee au, Hewa hewa. 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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 (Kee au, Hewa hewa), 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:pg66357:19:62 # text = Kee-au-moku, the queen’s brother, broke the tabu staff of the priests, and Hewa-hewa, the high priest, later gave his influence not only toward the suppression of the tabus, but also toward the destruction of the idols and their temples. 1 Kee Kee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 au au NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 moku moku X FW Foreign=Yes 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 12 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 tabu tabu NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 21 Hewa Hewa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 hewa hewa NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 30 advmod _ _ 30 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 influence influence NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 34 only only ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 35 toward toward ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 suppression suppression NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 tabus tabus NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 also also ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 44 toward toward ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 destruction destruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 idols idol NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 temples temple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | past | Kee au | the tabu staff of the priests | | | | toward the destruction of the idols and idols's temples | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer staff=Patient | | 2 | **give** | past | Hewa hewa | hewa's influence | | | | the suppression of the tabus *obj*; late *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent influence=Recipient suppression=Theme | | 3 | **suppress** | | | the tabus | | | | | nom suppression «process transitive»: of=patient | | 4 | **destroy** | | | the idols and idols's temples | | | | | nom destruction «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/19/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/19/63/) - ↑ back to [Last of the Tabu](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/19/)