--- title: At last the king, Ka-meha-meha III, became tired and placed his king… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: At last the king, Ka-meha-meha III, became tired and placed his kingdom “provisionally under the protection of the United States,” declaring that the protectorate should be “perpetual” if the relations with France were not placed on a better footing. Who acts: protectorate. 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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 (protectorate), 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:pg66357:22:99 # text = At last the king, Ka-meha-meha III, became tired and placed his kingdom “provisionally under the protection of the United States,” declaring that the protectorate should be “perpetual” if the relations with France were not placed on a better footing. 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Ka Ka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 meha meha X FW Foreign=Yes 6 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 meha meha X FW Foreign=Yes 8 flat:foreign _ _ 11 III III NUM CD NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card 10 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 13 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 provisionally provisionally ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 21 under under ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 protection protection NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 United United ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 States State PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ” " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ 30 declaring declare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 protectorate protectorate NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 34 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 36 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 perpetual perpetual NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ” " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 relations relation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 44 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 advcl _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 50 amod _ _ 50 footing footing NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | | | | | | at the last king; tired *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **place** | past | | Ka's kingdom | | the protection of the United States | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme under protection=Destination | | 3 | **declare** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | should | the protectorate | perpetual | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **place** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | the relations with France | | a better footing | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme on footing=Destination | | 6 | **protect** *in a quote* | | | the United States | | | | | nom protection «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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/22/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/22/100/) - ↑ back to [The Hawaiian Flag](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/22/)