--- title: The earthquake changes in civil conditions occurring at that time th… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: The earthquake changes in civil conditions occurring at that time throughout the islands speedily made the king and the chiefs conscious of their ignorance of methods of government, and in 1836 they applied to the United States “for a legal adviser and instructor in the science of government.” Who a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/17/) [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/) / 17 # Hawaiian Historical Legends, The First Constitution, sentence 17 The earthquake changes in civil conditions occurring at that time throughout the islands speedily made the king and the chiefs conscious of their ignorance of methods of government, and in 1836 they applied to the United States “for a legal adviser and instructor in the science of government.” **Who acts:** earthquake, civil conditions, chiefs · **What happens:** change, occur, make, apply, ignore · **To what, where:** islands, king, civil conditions, 1836, methods 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 (earthquake, civil conditions, chiefs), 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:pg66357:21:17 # text = The earthquake changes in civil conditions occurring at that time throughout the islands speedily made the king and the chiefs conscious of their ignorance of methods of government, and in 1836 they applied to the United States “for a legal adviser and instructor in the science of government.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 earthquake earthquake NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 changes change VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 civil civil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 conditions condition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 7 occurring occur VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 14 speedily speedily ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 21 conscious conscious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 ignorance ignorance NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 methods method NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 1836 1836 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 34 obl _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 applied apply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 United United ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 States State PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 39 “ " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 legal legal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 adviser adviser NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 instructor instructor NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 science science NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | present | the earthquake | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **occur** | gerund | civil conditions *not said here* | | | the islands | time | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme throughout island=Location | | 3 | **make** | past | | the king | | civil conditions | | speedily *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset king=Product | | 4 | **apply** | past | chiefs *= chief* | | | 1836 | | to the United States; for a legal adviser in the science of government and instructor | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent for adviser=Eventuality | | 5 | **ignore** | | chiefs *= chief* | methods of government | | | | | nom ignorance «cognition transitive»: poss=agent 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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