--- title: “Treat with kindness those who devote their strength to labour, till… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: “Treat with kindness those who devote their strength to labour, till their tattered garments are blown about their necks, while those who live with you in indolence wear the clean apparel for which the industrious poor have laboured.” Who acts: you, those. 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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 (you, those), 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:pg66357:21:80 # text = “Treat with kindness those who devote their strength to labour, till their tattered garments are blown about their necks, while those who live with you in indolence wear the clean apparel for which the industrious poor have laboured.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Treat treat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 2 obl _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 devote devote VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 labour labour NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 till till SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 14 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 tattered tatter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 amod _ _ 16 garments garment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 blown blow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 19 about about ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 necks neck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 23 while while SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 24 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 31 nsubj _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 indolence indolence NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 wear wear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 apparel apparel NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 obl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 industrious industrious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 laboured labour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **treat** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | those | | | | with kindness | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent with kindness=Theme | | 2 | **devote** *in a quote* | present | | tenants's strength | | | | to labour *goal*; who *nsubj* | vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent strength=Theme to labour=Goal | | 3 | **tatter** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **blow** *in a quote* | present · passive | | tenants's tattered garments | | | | about tenants's necks | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **live** *in a quote* | present | | | | indolence | | with you; who *nsubj* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with you=Location | | 6 | **wear** *in a quote* | present | those | the clean apparel | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent apparel=Source | | 7 | **labour** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | the industrious poor | | | | for the clean apparel | tree rules | 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. 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