Hawaiian Historical Legends, King Kahahana, About 1773, sentence 79
One thing, however, remained which they could do for the Maui king, which would abundantly repay him for all the aid he had ever given to this young king.
Who acts: One thing, things, Maui king, aid · What happens: remain, do, repay, give · To what, where: King, young king
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 (One thing, things, Maui king, aid), 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 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 thing | nummod |
| 2 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 remained | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 thing | punct |
| 4 | however | however | ADV | _ | 6 remained | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 however | punct |
| 6 | remained | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 do | obj |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 do | nsubj |
| 9 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 do | aux |
| 10 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 remained | ccomp |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 king | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 king | det |
| 13 | Maui | Maui | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 king | compound |
| 14 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 do | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 repay | punct |
| 16 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 repay | nsubj |
| 17 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 repay | aux |
| 18 | abundantly | abundantly | ADV | _ | 19 repay | advmod |
| 19 | repay | repay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 king | acl:relcl |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 repay | obj |
| 21 | for | for | ADP | _ | 24 aid | case |
| 22 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 24 aid | det:predet |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 aid | det |
| 24 | aid | aid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 repay | obl |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 given | nsubj:pass |
| 26 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 given | aux |
| 27 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 28 given | advmod |
| 28 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 aid | acl:relcl |
| 29 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 king | case |
| 30 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 32 king | det |
| 31 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 king | amod |
| 32 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 given | obl |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 remained | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remain | past | One thing | however property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | do | could | things = thing | for the Maui king; which obj | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | repay | would | the Maui king | King | for all aid; abundantly property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Asset for aid=Theme | |||
| 4 | give | past · perfect · passive | all aid not said here | King | this young king | ever | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to king=Recipient |
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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