--- title: In order to carry out this Declaration of Rights Ka-meha-meha III an… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: In order to carry out this Declaration of Rights Ka-meha-meha III and his high chiefs were led irresistibly to the promulgation of a Constitution which should differentiate the functions of the different branches of government and provide for a proper presentation of the needs of the people. 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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 (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:pg66357:21:51 # text = In order to carry out this Declaration of Rights Ka-meha-meha III and his high chiefs were led irresistibly to the promulgation of a Constitution which should differentiate the functions of the different branches of government and provide for a proper presentation of the needs of the people. 1 In in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 4 mark _ _ 2 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 fixed _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 carry carry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 Declaration Declaration PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 Rights Right PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 10 compound _ _ 10 Ka Ka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 meha meha X FW Foreign=Yes 7 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 meha meha X FW Foreign=Yes 12 flat:foreign _ _ 15 III III NUM CD NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card 14 flat _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 22 irresistibly irresistibly ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 promulgation promulgation NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Constitution constitution NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 30 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 differentiate differentiate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl:relcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 functions function NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 provide provide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 presentation presentation NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 needs need NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry out** | to-infinitive | | this Declaration of Rights Ka | | | | | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent declaration=Eventuality | | 2 | **lead** | past · passive | | Ka's high chiefs | | the promulgation of a Constitution | | irresistibly *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to promulgation=Destination | | 3 | **differentiate** | should | a Constitution | the functions of the different branches of government | | | | | vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Attribute function=Theme | | 4 | **provide** | infinitive | a Constitution *not said here* | | | | | for a proper presentation of the needs of the people | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for presentation=Recipient | | 5 | **promulgate** | | | a Constitution | | | | | nom promulgation «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **present** | | | the needs of the people | | | | | nom presentation «act transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **need** | | | the people | | | | | nom need «state 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/52/) - ↑ back to [The First Constitution](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/)