--- title: The French smashed calabashes, spiked the guns, poured powder into t… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: The French smashed calabashes, spiked the guns, poured powder into the harbour, wrote on the walls of the fort that they were “Les Braves” and then withdrew, turning their trouble over to their home government. Who acts: French smashed calabashes, guns, calabashes, Les Braves. 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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 (French smashed calabashes, guns, calabashes, Les Braves), 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:pg66357:22:97 # text = The French smashed calabashes, spiked the guns, poured powder into the harbour, wrote on the walls of the fort that they were “Les Braves” and then withdrew, turning their trouble over to their home government. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 French French ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 smashed smashed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 calabashes calabash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 spiked spike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 guns gun NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 poured pour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 11 powder powder NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 harbour harbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 fort fort NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 25 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 26 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Les Les PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 Braves Brave PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ” " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 31 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 32 withdrew withdraw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 35 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 over over ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spike** | past | the French smashed calabashes | the guns | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pour** | participle | the guns *not said here* | powder | | the harbour | | | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent powder=Theme into harbour=Destination | | 3 | **write** | past | the French smashed calabashes *not said here* | | | the walls of the fort | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | calabashes *= calabash* | Les Braves | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **withdraw** | past | Les Braves | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **turn** | gerund | Les Braves *not said here* | Braves's trouble | | | | over *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent trouble=Theme | | 7 | **trouble** | | Braves *= brave* | | | | | | nom trouble «cognition 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. 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