--- title: He wanted the education reserved for the chiefs because, according t… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: He wanted the education reserved for the chiefs because, according to Mr. Bingham, “he would not have the instruction of the people in general come in the way of their cutting sandalwood to pay his debts.” Who acts: liho, education. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. 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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 (liho, education), 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:pg66357:20:33 # text = He wanted the education reserved for the chiefs because, according to Mr. Bingham, “he would not have the instruction of the people in general come in the way of their cutting sandalwood to pay his debts.” 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 education education NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 reserved reserve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 because because SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 case _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 11 fixed _ _ 13 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:desc _ _ 14 Bingham Bingham PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 instruction instruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 general general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 obl _ _ 28 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 cutting cut VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 amod _ _ 35 sandalwood sandalwood NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 debts debt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | liho | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **reserve** | past | the education | | | | | for the chiefs; accord Bingham Mr. | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for chief=Beneficiary | | 3 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **have** *in a quote* | would | liho | the instruction of the people | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instruction=Patient | | 5 | **come** *in a quote* | present | liho *not said here* | | | general | | in the way of people's cutting sandalwood | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in general=Location | | 6 | **cut** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **pay** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | liho *not said here* | liho's debts | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent debt=Asset | | 8 | **instruct** *in a quote* | | | the people | | | | | nom instruction «communication 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/20/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/20/34/) - ↑ back to [First Hawaiian Printing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/20/)