--- title: Ka-meha-meha III made a short speech of protest, closing with the wo… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: Ka-meha-meha III made a short speech of protest, closing with the words: “I have hope that the life of the land will be restored when my conduct shall be justified.” Who acts: Ka, chiefs, conduct, my. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. 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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 (Ka, chiefs, conduct, my), 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:pg66357:22:66 # text = Ka-meha-meha III made a short speech of protest, closing with the words: “I have hope that the life of the land will be restored when my conduct shall be justified.” 1 Ka Ka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 meha meha X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 meha meha X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ _ 6 III iii PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 protest protest NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 closing close VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 22 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 23 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 obj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 restored restore VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl:relcl _ _ 32 when when SCONJ WRB _ 37 mark _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 37 justified justified ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | Ka | a short speech of protest | | | | III *nsubj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speech=Product | | 2 | **close** | gerund | Ka *not said here* | | | | | with the words | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with word=Theme | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the chiefs *= chief* | hope | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hope=Patient | | 4 | **restore** *in a quote* | future · passive | | the life of the land | | | | hope *obj* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | shall | my conduct | | | | | justified *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **speak** | | | protest | | | | | nom speech «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **conduct** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=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/pg66357/22/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/22/67/) - ↑ back to [The Hawaiian Flag](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/22/)