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Hawaiian Historical Legends, King Kahahana, About 1773, sentence 104

The king’s utter lack of principle and his knowledge of the character, of the young king are shown in the way in which he made Kahahana believe in his personal friendship.

Who acts: King, Kahahana · What happens: show, make, believe, lack · To what, where: utter lack, Kahahana, way, personal friendship, principle

This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, King Kahahana, About 1773. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, Kahahana), 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

detnmod:posscaseamodnsubjcasenmodccnmod:possconjcasedetnmodpunctcasedetamodconjaux:passcasedetoblcaseoblnsubjacl:relclobjxcompcasenmod:possamodoblpunctrootTheDETkingNOUN’sPARTutterADJlackNOUNofADPprincipleNOUNandCCONJhisPRONknowledgeNOUNofADPtheDETcharacterNOUN,PUNCTofADPtheDETyoungADJkingNOUNareAUXshownVERBinADPtheDETwayNOUNinADPwhichPRONhePRONmadeVERBKahahanaPROPNbelieveVERBinADPhisPRONpersonalADJfriendshipNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 kingdet
2kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing5 lacknmod:poss
3’s'sPART_2 kingcase
4utterutterADJDegree=Pos5 lackamod
5lacklackNOUNNumber=Sing20 shownnsubj
6ofofADP_7 principlecase
7principleprincipleNOUNNumber=Sing5 lacknmod
8andandCCONJ_10 knowledgecc
9hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs10 knowledgenmod:poss
10knowledgeknowledgeNOUNNumber=Sing7 principleconj
11ofofADP_13 charactercase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 characterdet
13charactercharacterNOUNNumber=Sing10 knowledgenmod
14,,PUNCT_18 kingpunct
15ofofADP_18 kingcase
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 kingdet
17youngyoungADJDegree=Pos18 kingamod
18kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing5 lackconj
19arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin20 shownaux:pass
20shownshowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
21ininADP_23 waycase
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 waydet
23waywayNOUNNumber=Sing20 shownobl
24ininADP_25 whichcase
25whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel27 madeobl
26hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs27 madensubj
27mademakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin23 wayacl:relcl
28KahahanaKahahanaPROPNNumber=Sing27 madeobj
29believebelieveVERBVerbForm=Inf27 madexcomp
30ininADP_33 friendshipcase
31hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs33 friendshipnmod:poss
32personalpersonalADJDegree=Pos33 friendshipamod
33friendshipfriendshipNOUNNumber=Sing29 believeobl
34..PUNCT_20 shownpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1showpresent · passivethe king's utter lack of principle and King's knowledge of the character and the young kingin the wayvn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: subject=Patient in way=Topic
2makepastKingKahahanathe waytree rules
3believeinfinitiveKahahana not said hereKing's personal friendshipvn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
4lackthe kingprinciple and King's knowledge of the characternom lack «state transitive»: poss=agent 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.

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