--- title: “Protection is hereby secured to the persons of all the people, toge… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: “Protection is hereby secured to the persons of all the people, together with their lands, their building lots, and all their property while they conform to the laws of the kingdom, and nothing whatever shall be taken from any individual, except by express provision of the laws.” Who acts: lots, law --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/50/) [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/) / 50 # Hawaiian Historical Legends, The First Constitution, sentence 50 “Protection is hereby secured to the persons of all the people, together with their lands, their building lots, and all their property while they conform to the laws of the kingdom, and nothing whatever shall be taken from any individual, except by express provision of the laws.” **Who acts:** lots, laws · **What happens:** secure, conform, take, provide · **To what, where:** Protection, laws, whatever, individual 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 (lots, laws), 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:pg66357:21:50 # text = “Protection is hereby secured to the persons of all the people, together with their lands, their building lots, and all their property while they conform to the laws of the kingdom, and nothing whatever shall be taken from any individual, except by express provision of the laws.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Protection protection NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 hereby hereby ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 secured secure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 together together ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 building building NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 26 det:predet _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 property property NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 27 while while SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 conform conform VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 laws law NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 conj _ _ 39 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 obj _ _ 40 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl:relcl _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 45 det _ _ 45 individual individual NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 except except ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 by by ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 express express ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 provision provision NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 laws law NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **secure** *in a quote* | present · passive | | Protection | | | | to the persons of all people and people's lands and people's building lots; lots's property *obl*; nothing *conj*; hereby *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to person=Co-Patient | | 2 | **conform** *in a quote* | present | lots *= lot* | | | | | to the laws of the kingdom *goal* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent to law=Goal | | 3 | **take** *in a quote* | shall · passive | | whatever | | any individual | | except express provision of the laws | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: whatever=Theme from individual=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **provide** *in a quote* | | the laws | | | | | | nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/51/) - ↑ back to [The First Constitution](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/)