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title: “How is it, Taunoa,” said another, “that you, a chief of Nanaulu, sh… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: “How is it, Taunoa,” said another, “that you, a chief of Nanaulu, should be present at the call of Kii in the interest of Ulu?” Who acts: you. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, The Sons of Kii, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Sons of Kii, sentence 31

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“How is it, Taunoa,” said another, “that you, a chief of Nanaulu, should be present at the call of Kii in the interest of Ulu?”

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**Who acts:** you · **What happens:** be, say, call, interest · **To what, where:** voice, another, call, Kii, Ulu · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. 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 (you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg66357:7:31
# text = “How is it, Taunoa,” said another, “that you, a chief of Nanaulu, should be present at the call of Kii in the interest of Ulu?”
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Taunoa	Taunoa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
12	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	that	that	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Nanaulu	Nanaulu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
21	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
22	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	cop	_	_
23	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	ccomp	_	_
24	at	at	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	Kii	Kii	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	Ulu	Ulu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | voice |  |  |  | Taunoa *appos* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past |  | another |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent another=Topic |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | should | you |  |  | the call of Kii |  | in the interest of Ulu; present *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **call** *in a quote* |  |  | Kii |  |  |  |  | nom call «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 5 | **interest** *in a quote* |  |  | Ulu |  |  |  |  | nom interest «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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