--- title: This was later adopted as the national motto and inscribed on all Ha… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: This was later adopted as the national motto and inscribed on all Hawaiian coins: Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono—“Perpetuated is the life of the land by its righteousness,” or “The perpetuation of the life of the land depends upon the righteousness thereof.” Who acts: i, ka pono. 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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 (i, ka pono), 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:pg66357:22:86 # text = This was later adopted as the national motto and inscribed on all Hawaiian coins: Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono—“Perpetuated is the life of the land by its righteousness,” or “The perpetuation of the life of the land depends upon the righteousness thereof.” 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 4 adopted adopt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 csubj _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 national national ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 motto motto NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 inscribed inscribe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 13 Hawaiian hawaiian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 16 Ua Ua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 appos _ _ 17 mau mau X FW Foreign=Yes 19 dep _ _ 18 ke ke X FW _ 19 compound _ _ 19 ea ea NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 20 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 22 case _ _ 21 ka ka X FW Foreign=Yes 22 compound _ _ 22 aina aina NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 23 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 ka ka X FW Foreign=Yes 25 compound _ _ 25 pono pono NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 — - PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Perpetuated perpetuate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 acl:relcl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 righteousness righteousness NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ” " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 40 or or CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 “ " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 perpetuation perpetuation NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 depends depend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 51 upon upon ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 righteousness righteousness NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 54 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ” " PUNCT '' _ 50 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **adopt** | past · passive | | This | | | | as the national motto; late *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as motto=Attribute | | 2 | **inscribe** | participle | | | | all Hawaiian coins | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent on coin=Destination | | 3 | **pono** | | i | | | | | of ka aina | tree rules | | 4 | **perpetuate** *in a quote* | participle | | ka pono *not said here* | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | ka pono | the life | | | | of the land by pono's righteousness | tree rules | | 6 | **depend** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | upon the righteousness; thereof *property* | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **perpetuate** *in a quote* | | | the life of the land | | | | | nom perpetuation «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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/22/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/22/87/) - ↑ back to [The Hawaiian Flag](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/22/)