--- title: Ka-meha-meha III determined to put the lessons into practice, and in… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: Ka-meha-meha III determined to put the lessons into practice, and in 1839 issued what he called “A Declaration of Rights—Both of the People and the Chiefs,” and in October, 1840, promulgated the first Constitution of the Hawaiian Islands, quickly following these documents with a code of laws agreed --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/22/) [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/) / 22 # Hawaiian Historical Legends, The First Constitution, sentence 22 Ka-meha-meha III determined to put the lessons into practice, and in 1839 issued what he called “A Declaration of Rights—Both of the People and the Chiefs,” and in October, 1840, promulgated the first Constitution of the Hawaiian Islands, quickly following these documents with a code of laws agreed to unanimously by the council of chiefs and signed by both the king and his premier. **Who acts:** Ka, first Constitution · **What happens:** put, issue, call, promulgate, follow, agree · **To what, where:** lessons, practice, 1839, Declaration, documents, laws · **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 (Ka, first Constitution), 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:pg66357:21:22 # text = Ka-meha-meha III determined to put the lessons into practice, and in 1839 issued what he called “A Declaration of Rights—Both of the People and the Chiefs,” and in October, 1840, promulgated the first Constitution of the Hawaiian Islands, quickly following these documents with a code of laws agreed to unanimously by the council of chiefs and signed by both the king and his premier. 1 Ka Ka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 meha meha X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 meha meha X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ _ 6 III iii X GW _ 7 nsubj _ _ 7 determined determined ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 lessons lesson NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 practice practice NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 1839 1839 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 18 obl _ _ 18 issued issue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 19 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 21 obj _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Declaration Declaration PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Rights Right PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 — - PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 31 det:predet _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 People People PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Chiefs Chief PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ” " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 October October PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 1840 1840 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 promulgated promulgate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 46 amod _ _ 46 Constitution Constitution PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 Hawaiian Hawaiian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 Islands Island PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 advcl _ _ 54 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 55 det _ _ 55 documents document NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obj _ _ 56 with with ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 code code NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 laws law NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nmod _ _ 61 agreed agree VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 acl _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 63 mark _ _ 63 unanimously unanimously ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 64 by by ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 nmod _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 70 signed sign VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 61 conj _ _ 71 by by ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 72 both both CCONJ CC _ 74 cc:preconj _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ _ 75 and and CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ _ 76 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 77 nmod:poss _ _ 77 premier premier NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | to-infinitive | | the lessons | | practice | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent lesson=Goal | | 2 | **issue** | past | | | | 1839 | | | tree rules | | 3 | **call** | past | Ka | a Declaration of Rights of both People and the Chiefs and October | | | | what *obj* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme declaration=Result | | 4 | **promulgate** *speech: other* | past | the first Constitution of the Hawaiian Islands | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **follow** | gerund | the first Constitution of the Hawaiian Islands *not said here* | this documents | | | | with a code of laws; quickly *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent document=Theme | | 6 | **agree** *speech: agree* | participle | | laws *not said here* | | | | by the council of chiefs; unanimously *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **sign** | participle | | | | | | by the king and Ka's premier | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **code** | | | laws | | | | | nom code «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. 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/23/) - ↑ back to [The First Constitution](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/)