Hawaiian Historical Legends, King Kahahana, About 1773, sentence 75
Inasmuch as the chiefs had called Kahahana to the throne, however, “it would be wrong for him to cede to another the national emblems of sovereignty and independence.”
Who acts: it, Kahahana · What happens: call, be, cede · To what, where: chiefs, throne, national emblems, another · 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 (it, 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inasmuch | inasmuch | ADV | _ | 6 called | advmod |
| 2 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 called | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 chiefs | det |
| 4 | chiefs | chief | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 called | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 called | aux |
| 6 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | Kahahana | Kahahana | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 called | xcomp |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 throne | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 throne | det |
| 10 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 called | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 however | punct |
| 12 | however | however | ADV | _ | 6 called | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 wrong | punct |
| 14 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 wrong | punct |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 wrong | nsubj |
| 16 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 wrong | aux |
| 17 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 18 wrong | cop |
| 18 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 called | conj |
| 19 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 22 cede | mark |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 cede | nsubj |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 cede | mark |
| 22 | cede | cede | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 wrong | csubj |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 another | case |
| 24 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 22 cede | obl |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 emblems | det |
| 26 | national | national | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 emblems | amod |
| 27 | emblems | emblem | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 cede | obj |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 sovereignty | case |
| 29 | sovereignty | sovereignty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 emblems | nmod |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 independence | cc |
| 31 | independence | independence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 sovereignty | conj |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 called | punct |
| 33 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 called | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call speech: assert | past · perfect · passive | the chiefs | the throne | Kahahana xcomp; however, inasmuch property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to throne=Recipient | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | would | it | wrong property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | cede in a quote | to-infinitive | Kahahana | the national emblems of sovereignty and independence | to another goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent emblem=Theme to another=Goal |
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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