--- title: Hence the following exhortations are made to the chiefs: “That the l… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: Hence the following exhortations are made to the chiefs: “That the land agents and that lazy class of persons who live about us should be enriched to the impoverishment of the lower classes, who with patience toil under their burdens, is not in accordance with the designs of this law. 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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 (persons, lower classes, agents), 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:pg66357:21:84 # text = Hence the following exhortations are made to the chiefs: “That the land agents and that lazy class of persons who live about us should be enriched to the impoverishment of the lower classes, who with patience toil under their burdens, is not in accordance with the designs of this law. 1 Hence hence ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 4 exhortations exhortation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 agents agent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 18 lazy lazy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 about about ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 enriched enrich VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 impoverishment impoverishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 lower low ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 35 amod _ _ 35 classes class NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 patience patience NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 toil toil NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 41 under under ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 burdens burden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 45 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 accordance accordance NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 49 with with ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 designs design NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nmod _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 54 det _ _ 54 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **make** | present · passive | | the following exhortations | | | | to the chiefs; hence *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 3 | **live** *in a quote* | present | persons | | | | | about us | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about we=Location | | 4 | **enrich** *in a quote* | should · passive | | That | | | | to the impoverishment of the lower classes; the land agents and that lazy class of persons *nsubj:pass* | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination | | 5 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | the lower classes | | | accordance | | with patience toil under agents's burdens; with the designs of this law | tree rules | | 6 | **impoverish** *in a quote* | | | the lower classes | | | | | nom impoverishment «state transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **burden** *in a quote* | | agents *= agent* | | | | | | nom burden «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **design** *in a quote* | | | this law | | | | | nom design «act 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/85/) - ↑ back to [The First Constitution](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/)