--- title: Alexander says that he “announced to his chiefs his intention to tak… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: Alexander says that he “announced to his chiefs his intention to take into his possession the land for which his father had toiled, the power of life and death, and the undivided sovereignty.” Who acts: Alexander, father. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, The First Con --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/15/) [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/) / 15 # Hawaiian Historical Legends, The First Constitution, sentence 15 Alexander says that he “announced to his chiefs his intention to take into his possession the land for which his father had toiled, the power of life and death, and the undivided sovereignty.” **Who acts:** Alexander, father · **What happens:** say, announce, take, toil, intend, possess · **To what, where:** chiefs, land, possession, power · **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 (Alexander, father), 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:pg66357:21:15 # text = Alexander says that he “announced to his chiefs his intention to take into his possession the land for which his father had toiled, the power of life and death, and the undivided sovereignty.” 1 Alexander Alexander PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 announced announce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 intention intention NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 obl _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 toiled toil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 undivided undivided ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 sovereignty sovereignty NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ” " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Alexander | | | | | the undivided sovereignty *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **announce** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | Alexander | | Alexander's chiefs Alexander's intention | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to chief=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **take** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | the land | | Alexander's possession | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent land=Theme into possession=Destination | | 4 | **toil** *in a quote* | past · perfect | Alexander's father | the power of life and death | | | | for the land | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **intend** *in a quote* | | Alexander | | | | | | nom intention «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **possess** *in a quote* | | Alexander | | | | | | nom possession «act 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/16/) - ↑ back to [The First Constitution](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/)