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title: “When public labour is to be done of such a nature as to be a common… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: “When public labour is to be done of such a nature as to be a common benefit to king and people, and therefore, twelve days in a month are devoted to labour; then all persons, whether connected with the land or not, and also all servants shall go to the work or pay a fine of half a dollar a day.” Wh
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, The First Constitution, sentence 71

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“When public labour is to be done of such a nature as to be a common benefit to king and people, and therefore, twelve days in a month are devoted to labour; then all persons, whether connected with the land or not, and also all servants shall go to the work or pay a fine of half a dollar a day.”

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**Who acts:** common benefit, servants · **What happens:** do, be, devote, connect, go, pay · **To what, where:** public labour, common benefit, twelve days, labour, persons, work

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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 (common benefit, servants), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg66357:21:71
# text = “When public labour is to be done of such a nature as to be a common benefit to king and people, and therefore, twelve days in a month are devoted to labour; then all persons, whether connected with the land or not, and also all servants shall go to the work or pay a fine of half a dollar a day.”
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
3	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	labour	labour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	12	det:predet	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	cop	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	benefit	benefit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	advcl	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	appos	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
25	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
27	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	28	nummod	_	_
28	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	nsubj:pass	_	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	_
32	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	33	aux:pass	_	_
33	devoted	devote	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	_
34	to	to	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	labour	labour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	39	punct	_	_
37	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	39	advmod	_	_
38	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	39	det	_	_
39	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
41	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
42	connected	connect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	39	acl	_	_
43	with	with	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	_
46	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
47	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	45	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
50	also	also	ADV	RB	_	54	advmod	_	_
51	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	52	det	_	_
52	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	54	nsubj	_	_
53	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	54	aux	_	_
54	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	parataxis	_	_
55	to	to	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	_
58	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
59	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	54	conj	_	_
60	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	fine	fine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obj	_	_
62	of	of	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
63	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	65	det:predet	_	_
64	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
65	dollar	dollar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	nmod	_	_
66	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
67	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	54	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	54	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | public labour |  |  |  | of such nature; all persons *obl* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  | a common benefit |  |  |  | king and people *appos* | tree rules |
| 3 | **devote** *in a quote* | present · passive | a common benefit *not said here* | twelve days in a month |  |  |  | to labour *goal*; therefore *property* | vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme to labour=Goal |
| 4 | **connect** *in a quote* | participle |  | all persons *not said here* |  |  |  | with the land | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Patient with land=Co-Patient |
| 5 | **go** *in a quote* | shall | all servants |  |  | the work |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to work=Initial\_Location |
| 6 | **pay** *in a quote* | infinitive | all servants *not said here* | a fine of half dollar |  |  | day |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fine=Asset |
| 7 | **fine** *in a quote* |  |  | half dollar |  |  |  |  | nom fine «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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