--- title: We have the statement on good authority that Captain Adams had to pa… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: We have the statement on good authority that Captain Adams had to pay such heavy harbour dues that the report thereof to Ka-meha-meha taught the Hawaiian king one of the principles of civilised business, i.e., to charge fees for every boat entering his harbour. 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D. Westervelt, The Hawaiian Flag. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (We, Captain Adams, good authority, boat), 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:pg66357:22:51 # text = We have the statement on good authority that Captain Adams had to pay such heavy harbour dues that the report thereof to Ka-meha-meha taught the Hawaiian king one of the principles of civilised business, i.e., to charge fees for every boat entering his harbour. 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 statement statement NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 authority authority NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 Captain Captain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 Adams adam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 15 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 harbour harbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 dues due NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 report report NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 acl _ _ 21 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Ka Ka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 meha meha X FW Foreign=Yes 28 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 meha meha X FW Foreign=Yes 25 flat:foreign _ _ 28 taught teach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 Hawaiian Hawaiian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 flat _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 principles principle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 civilised civilise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 amod _ _ 38 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 i.e. i.e. ADV FW _ 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 charge charge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 44 fees fee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 47 det _ _ 47 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 48 entering enter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 47 acl _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 harbour harbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | We | the statement | | good authority | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Patient | | 2 | **have** | past | Captain Adams | good authority *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **pay** | to-infinitive | good authority *not said here* | such heavy harbour dues the report | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent due=Asset | | 4 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | good authority *not said here* | the Hawaiian king | Ka | | | thereof *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Topic to ka=Recipient | | 5 | **civilise** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **charge** | to-infinitive | good authority *not said here* | fees | | | | for every boat | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent fee=Patient for boat=Theme | | 7 | **enter** | gerund | every boat *not said here* | king's harbour | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme harbour=Destination | 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/pg66357/22/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/22/52/) - ↑ back to [The Hawaiian Flag](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/22/)