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title: One of the most important results was the establishment of an Aha-al… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: One of the most important results was the establishment of an Aha-alii—council of chiefs—or herald’s college, which demanded the genealogy and proof of high birth, before admission was granted to the privileges of rank. Who acts: One, college. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Wes
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, Paao From Samoa, sentence 233

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One of the most important results was the establishment of an Aha-alii—council of chiefs—or herald’s college, which demanded the genealogy and proof of high birth, before admission was granted to the privileges of rank.

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**Who acts:** One, college · **What happens:** be, demand, grant, proof · **To what, where:** establishment, genealogy, admission, privileges, high birth

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, Paao From Samoa. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (One, college), 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:pg66357:8:233
# text = One of the most important results was the establishment of an Aha-alii—council of chiefs—or herald’s college, which demanded the genealogy and proof of high birth, before admission was granted to the privileges of rank.
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	results	result	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	establishment	establishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	Aha	Aha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	alii	alii	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	chiefs	chief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
21	herald	herald	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	’s	's	PART	POS	_	21	case	_	_
23	college	college	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	26	nsubj	_	_
26	demanded	demand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	acl:relcl	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	genealogy	genealogy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
35	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	38	mark	_	_
36	admission	admission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nsubj:pass	_	_
37	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	aux:pass	_	_
38	granted	grant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	26	conj	_	_
39	to	to	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	privileges	privilege	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	obl	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	rank	rank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	.	.	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** | past | One of the important results | the establishment and council of chiefs  herald's college |  |  |  | of a alii  Aha; council of chiefs  herald's college *conj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **demand** *speech: request* | past | herald's college | the genealogy and proof of high birth |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme genealogy=Precondition |
| 3 | **grant** | past · passive |  | admission |  |  |  | to the privileges of rank *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to privilege=Goal |
| 4 | **proof** |  |  | high birth |  |  |  |  | nom proof «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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