--- title: For that reason a new law was enacted stating that it “shall be the… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: For that reason a new law was enacted stating that it “shall be the duty of the tax officer whenever he sees a man sitting idle or doing nothing on the free days of the people (i.e., the days, when they were not required to work for the king or chiefs) to take that man and set him at work for the go --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/103/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Hawaiian Historical Legends](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/) / [The First Constitution](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/) / 103 # Hawaiian Historical Legends, The First Constitution, sentence 103 For that reason a new law was enacted stating that it “shall be the duty of the tax officer whenever he sees a man sitting idle or doing nothing on the free days of the people (i.e., the days, when they were not required to work for the king or chiefs) to take that man and set him at work for the government, and he shall work till night.” **Who acts:** saying, man · **What happens:** enact, state, be, see, sit, do · **To what, where:** new law, duty, man, nothing, people, saying · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, The First Constitution. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (saying, man), 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:pg66357:21:103 # text = For that reason a new law was enacted stating that it “shall be the duty of the tax officer whenever he sees a man sitting idle or doing nothing on the free days of the people (i.e., the days, when they were not required to work for the king or chiefs) to take that man and set him at work for the government, and he shall work till night.” 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 enacted enact VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 stating state VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 xcomp _ _ 10 that that ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 cop _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 duty duty NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 tax tax NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 officer officer NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 21 whenever whenever SCONJ WRB _ 23 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 acl _ _ 27 idle idle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ _ 28 or or CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 conj _ _ 30 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 29 obj _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 38 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 i.e. i.e. ADV FW _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 48 advmod _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux:pass _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 48 required require VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 conj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 54 or or CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 42 punct _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 59 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 60 det _ _ 60 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 conj _ _ 63 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 obj _ _ 64 at at ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 66 for for ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 71 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 72 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 73 aux _ _ 73 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 74 till till ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 75 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 77 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enact** | past · passive | | a new law | | | | for that reason | tree rules | | 2 | **state** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | that accord | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | shall | | the duty | | | | of the tax officer | tree rules | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | present | saying | a man | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 5 | **sit** *in a quote* | gerund | a man *not said here* | | | | day | idle *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | gerund | a man *not said here* | nothing | | | day | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | | 7 | **not** **require** *in a quote* | past · passive | | people | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **work** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | for the king or chiefs | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for king=Beneficiary | | 9 | **take** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | a man *not said here* | | that man | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument man=Destination | | 10 | **set** *in a quote* | infinitive | a man *not said here* | saying | | work | | for the government | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme at work=Destination | | 11 | **work** *in a quote* | shall | saying | | | | night | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/104/) - ↑ back to [The First Constitution](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/)