--- title: March 9, 1822, at the request of the king and high chiefs a handbill… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: March 9, 1822, at the request of the king and high chiefs a handbill, entitled, “Port Regulations,” was printed, probably to aid the rulers in quieting the differences which were continually arising with sea captains. Who acts: handbill, differences. 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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 (handbill, differences), 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:pg66357:20:39 # text = March 9, 1822, at the request of the king and high chiefs a handbill, entitled, “Port Regulations,” was printed, probably to aid the rulers in quieting the differences which were continually arising with sea captains. 1 March March PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:unmarked _ _ 2 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 26 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 1822 1822 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 handbill handbill NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 entitled entitle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Port port NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 Regulations regulation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ” " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 printed print VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 probably probably ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 aid aid VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 rulers ruler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 33 in in SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 34 quieting quiet VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 differences difference NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 continually continually ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 arising arise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 acl:relcl _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 captains captain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **entitle** | past | a handbill *not said here* | Port Regulations | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **print** | past · passive | | the request of the king and high chiefs | | | | 9 March *parataxis*; a handbill *nsubj:pass* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **aid** | to-infinitive | | the rulers | | | | probably *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ruler=Beneficiary | | 4 | **quiet** | gerund | | the differences | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent difference=Patient | | 5 | **arise** | past · progressive | the differences | | | | | with sea captains; continually *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **request** | | | the king and high chiefs | | | | | nom request «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. 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