Hawaiian Historical Legends, King Kahahana, About 1773, sentence 6

After careful consideration, it was decided that Kahahana was the most available of all who could be accepted for their future ruler, and an embassy was sent to Maui to recall him and inform him of the exalted position for which he had been chosen by his fellow-chiefs of Oahu.

Who acts: Kahahana, future ruler, fellow chiefs · What happens: decide, be, accept, send, recall, inform · To what, where: consideration, embassy, Maui, Kahahana · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Kahahana, future ruler, fellow chiefs), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	3 consideration	case
2	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 consideration	amod
3	consideration	consideration	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 decided	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 consideration	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 decided	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 decided	aux:pass
7	decided	decide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 available	mark
9	Kahahana	Kahahana	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 available	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 available	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 available	det
12	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	13 available	advmod
13	available	available	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 decided	ccomp
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 all	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 available	obl
16	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 accepted	nsubj:pass
17	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 accepted	aux
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 accepted	aux:pass
19	accepted	accept	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 all	acl:relcl
20	for	for	ADP	_	23 ruler	case
21	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 ruler	nmod:poss
22	future	future	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 ruler	amod
23	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 accepted	obl:agent
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 sent	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 sent	cc
26	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 embassy	det
27	embassy	embassy	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 sent	nsubj:pass
28	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 sent	aux:pass
29	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 decided	conj
30	to	to	ADP	_	31 Maui	case
31	Maui	Maui	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 sent	obl
32	to	to	PART	_	33 recall	mark
33	recall	recall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 sent	advcl
34	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 recall	obj
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 inform	cc
36	inform	inform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 recall	conj
37	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 inform	obj
38	of	of	ADP	_	41 position	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 position	det
40	exalted	exalt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	41 position	amod
41	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 inform	obl
42	for	for	ADP	_	43 which	case
43	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	47 chosen	obl
44	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 chosen	nsubj
45	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 chosen	aux
46	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	47 chosen	aux:pass
47	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	41 position	parataxis
48	by	by	ADP	_	52 chiefs	case
49	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 chiefs	nmod:poss
50	fellow	fellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 chiefs	amod
51	-	-	PUNCT	_	50 fellow	punct
52	chiefs	chief	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 chosen	obl
53	of	of	ADP	_	54 Oahu	case
54	Oahu	Oahu	PROPN	Number=Sing	52 chiefs	nmod
55	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 decided	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	decide	past · passive		consideration		after careful consideration		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic
2	is	past	Kahahana				of all; available property	tree rules
3	accept	could · passive	courts's future ruler				who nsubj:pass	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
4	send	past · passive		a embassy	Maui			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to maui=Destination
5	recall	to-infinitive		Kahahana				vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
6	inform speech: other	infinitive			Kahahana		of the exalted position	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient of position=Topic
7	exalt	participle						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
8	choose	past · perfect · passive	Kahahana's fellow chiefs of Oahu	Kahahana			for the exalted position	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent subject=Theme for which=Beneficiary

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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🌲 Hawaiian Historical Legends, King Kahahana, About 1773, sentence 6

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Hawaiian Historical Legends, King Kahahana, About 1773, sentence 6