--- title: So the sons of Kii sailed away toward the west to find the home from… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: So the sons of Kii sailed away toward the west to find the home from which their ancestors had come to found the dynasty of Tahitian kings which held rule over Tahiti until the white man controlled the beautiful islands of the Pacific. Who acts: sons, ancestors, Tahitian kings, white man. 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D. Westervelt, The Sons of Kii. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sons, ancestors, Tahitian kings, white man), 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:pg66357:7:202 # text = So the sons of Kii sailed away toward the west to find the home from which their ancestors had come to found the dynasty of Tahitian kings which held rule over Tahiti until the white man controlled the beautiful islands of the Pacific. 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Kii Kii PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 sailed sail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 toward toward ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 west west NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obl _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 ancestors ancestor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 acl:relcl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 found found VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 dynasty dynasty NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 Tahitian Tahitian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 29 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 30 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 over over ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Tahiti Tahiti PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 until until SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 controlled control VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Pacific Pacific PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sail away** | past | the sons of Kii | | | the west | | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent toward west=Trajectory | | 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | the sons of Kii *not said here* | the home | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Topic | | 3 | **come** | past · perfect | sons's ancestors | | | the home | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from which=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **found** | to-infinitive | sons's ancestors *not said here* | the dynasty of Tahitian kings | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dynasty=Patient | | 5 | **hold** | past | Tahitian kings | rule | | Tahiti | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent rule=Theme over tahiti=Location | | 6 | **control** | past | the white man | the beautiful islands of the Pacific | | | | | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent island=Theme | 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 201](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/7/201/) - next →: [sentence 203](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/7/203/) - ↑ back to [The Sons of Kii](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/7/)