--- title: King Liho-liho (Ka-meha-meha II) visited the press, saw a sheet of c… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: King Liho-liho (Ka-meha-meha II) visited the press, saw a sheet of clean white paper laid over the type, then “pulled the lever around and was surprised to see the paper instantly covered with words in his own language.” Who acts: King. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. 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D. Westervelt, First Hawaiian Printing. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (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:pg66357:20:25 # text = King Liho-liho (Ka-meha-meha II) visited the press, saw a sheet of clean white paper laid over the type, then “pulled the lever around and was surprised to see the paper instantly covered with words in his own language.” 1 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 2 Liho Liho PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 liho liho NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 5 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Ka Ka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 meha meha X FW Foreign=Yes 6 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 meha meha X FW Foreign=Yes 6 dep _ _ 11 II II NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 6 punct _ _ 13 visited visit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 press press NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 sheet sheet NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 22 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 24 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ _ 25 over over ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 type type NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 lever lever NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 around around ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 conj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 48 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **visit** | past | King | the press | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past | King *not said here* | a sheet of clean white paper | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sheet=Stimulus | | 3 | **lay** | participle | | clean white paper *not said here* | | the type | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent over type=Destination | | 4 | **pull around** *in a quote* | past | | the lever | | | then | around *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lever=Theme | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | surprised *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | the paper | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer paper=Stimulus | | 7 | **cover** *in a quote* | participle | | the paper *not said here* | | | | with words in king's own language; instantly *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with word=Theme | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/20/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/20/26/) - ↑ back to [First Hawaiian Printing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/20/)