--- title: “When a brother of the Queen’s, whose name I do not remember—but who… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: “When a brother of the Queen’s, whose name I do not remember—but who was usually called by the white people John Adams—wished me to teach him to read, Davis would not permit me, observing, ‘They will soon know more than ourselves.’” Who acts: Boyd, white people, Davis, brother. 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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 (Boyd, white people, Davis, brother), 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:pg66357:20:9 # text = “When a brother of the Queen’s, whose name I do not remember—but who was usually called by the white people John Adams—wished me to teach him to read, Davis would not permit me, observing, ‘They will soon know more than ourselves.’” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’s 's PART POS _ 7 case _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 — - PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 20 usually usually ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 parataxis _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 26 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 Adams adam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 — - PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 teach teach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 Davis Davis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 permit permit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 parataxis _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 observing observe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 ‘ ‘ SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 46 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 47 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 49 advmod _ _ 49 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 parataxis _ _ 50 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 49 obj _ _ 51 than than ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 ourselves ourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ” " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **remember** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Boyd | a brother and a brother and name's name's name *not said here* | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent name=Theme | | 2 | **call** *in a quote* | past · passive | the white people and John Adams | | | | | who *nsubj:pass*; usually *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient | | 3 | **wish** *in a quote* | past | the white people and John Adams *not said here* | Boyd | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot i=Theme | | 4 | **teach** *speech: other* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the white people and John Adams *not said here* | | Boyd | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **read** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the white people and John Adams *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **permit** *in a quote* | would | Davis | Boyd | | | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 7 | **observe** *in a quote* | gerund | Davis *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **know** *in a quote* | future | brother | more than ourselves | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus | | 10 | **name** *in a quote* | | a brother and a brother and name's name | | | | | | nom name «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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/20/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/20/10/) - ↑ back to [First Hawaiian Printing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/20/)