--- title: If lands were forfeited they were to go back into the hands of the k… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: If lands were forfeited they were to go back into the hands of the king, “and he shall give them out again at his discretion, or lease them, or put them into the hands of those who have no lands, as he shall think best.” Who acts: tax, land. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. 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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 (tax, land), 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:pg66357:21:66 # text = If lands were forfeited they were to go back into the hands of the king, “and he shall give them out again at his discretion, or lease them, or put them into the hands of those who have no lands, as he shall think best.” 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 forfeited forfeit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ _ 23 out out ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 24 again again ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 discretion discretion NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 or or CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 lease lease VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 or or CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 into into ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 38 nmod _ _ 41 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 44 det _ _ 44 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 50 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 49 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forfeit** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | lands | | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **go back** | past | tax | | | the hands of the king | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **give out** *in a quote* | shall | land | | tax | land's discretion | again | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **lease** *in a quote* | infinitive | tax *not said here* | tax | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **put** *in a quote* | infinitive | tax *not said here* | tax | | the hands of those | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Goal | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present | | no lands | | | | who *nsubj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Patient | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | shall | land | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/67/) - ↑ back to [The First Constitution](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/)