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Hawaiian Historical Legends, In the Days of Kahahana, 1782, sentence 2

Fornander in his “Account of the Polynesian Race” says: “One of the legends relates that Paumakua, on his return from one of his foreign voyages, brought back with him to Oahu two white men said to have been priests A-ua-ka-hinu and A-ua-ka-mea, afterwards named Kae-kae and Ma-liu, from whom several priestly families in after ages claimed descent and authority.”

Who acts: Fornander, One, two white men, several priestly families, Paumakua · What happens: say, relate, bring back, be, name, claim · To what, where: Paumakua, return, Oahu, priests, Kae kae, descent · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, In the Days of Kahahana, 1782. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Fornander, One, two white men, several priestly families), 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

nsubjcasenmod:posspunctnmodcasedetamodnmodpunctpunctpunctnsubjcasedetnmodccompmarkoblpunctcasenmod:possoblcasenmodcasenmod:possamodnmodpunctconjadvmodcaseoblcaseoblnummodamodnsubjparataxismarkauxcopccompdetpunctcompoundpunctcompoundpunctnmodccdetpunctcompoundpunctcompoundpunctconjpunctadvmodparataxiscompoundpunctxcompcccompoundpunctconjpunctcaseoblamodamodnsubjcasecasenmodconjobjccconjpunctpunctrootFornanderPROPNinADPhisPRON“PUNCTAccountNOUNofADPtheDETPolynesianADJRaceNOUN”PUNCTsaysVERB:PUNCT“PUNCTOneNUMofADPtheDETlegendsNOUNrelatesVERBthatSCONJPaumakuaPROPN,PUNCTonADPhisPRONreturnNOUNfromADPoneNUMofADPhisPRONforeignADJvoyagesNOUN,PUNCTbroughtVERBbackADVwithADPhimPRONtoADPOahuPROPNtwoNUMwhiteADJmenNOUNsaidVERBtoPARThaveAUXbeenAUXpriestsNOUNADET-PUNCTuaNOUN-PUNCTkaNOUN-PUNCThinuNOUNandCCONJADET-PUNCTuaNOUN-PUNCTkaNOUN-PUNCTmeaNOUN,PUNCTafterwardsADVnamedVERBKaePROPN-PUNCTkaeNOUNandCCONJMaPROPN-PUNCTliuNOUN,PUNCTfromADPwhomPRONseveralADJpriestlyADJfamiliesNOUNinADPafterADPagesNOUNclaimedVERBdescentNOUNandCCONJauthorityNOUN.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FornanderFornanderPROPNNumber=Sing11 saysnsubj
2ininADP_5 Accountcase
3hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 Accountnmod:poss
4“"PUNCT_5 Accountpunct
5AccountaccountNOUNNumber=Sing1 Fornandernmod
6ofofADP_9 Racecase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 Racedet
8PolynesianpolynesianADJDegree=Pos9 Raceamod
9RaceraceNOUNNumber=Sing5 Accountnmod
10”"PUNCT_1 Fornanderpunct
11sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
12::PUNCT_18 relatespunct
13“"PUNCT_18 relatespunct
14OneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card18 relatesnsubj
15ofofADP_17 legendscase
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 legendsdet
17legendslegendNOUNNumber=Plur14 Onenmod
18relatesrelateVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 saysccomp
19thatthatSCONJ_20 Paumakuamark
20PaumakuaPaumakuaPROPNNumber=Sing18 relatesobl
21,,PUNCT_24 returnpunct
22ononADP_24 returncase
23hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs24 returnnmod:poss
24returnreturnNOUNNumber=Sing18 relatesobl
25fromfromADP_26 onecase
26oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card24 returnnmod
27ofofADP_30 voyagescase
28hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs30 voyagesnmod:poss
29foreignforeignADJDegree=Pos30 voyagesamod
30voyagesvoyageNOUNNumber=Plur26 onenmod
31,,PUNCT_32 broughtpunct
32broughtbringVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin18 relatesconj
33backbackADV_32 broughtadvmod
34withwithADP_35 himcase
35himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs32 broughtobl
36totoADP_37 Oahucase
37OahuOahuPROPNNumber=Sing32 broughtobl
38twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card40 mennummod
39whitewhiteADJDegree=Pos40 menamod
40menmanNOUNNumber=Plur41 saidnsubj
41saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin32 broughtparataxis
42totoPART_45 priestsmark
43havehaveAUXVerbForm=Inf45 priestsaux
44beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part45 priestscop
45priestspriestNOUNNumber=Plur41 saidccomp
46AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art52 hinudet
47--PUNCT_46 Apunct
48uauaNOUNNumber=Sing52 hinucompound
49--PUNCT_48 uapunct
50kakaNOUNNumber=Sing52 hinucompound
51--PUNCT_52 hinupunct
52hinuhinuNOUNNumber=Sing45 priestsnmod
53andandCCONJ_60 meacc
54AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art60 meadet
55--PUNCT_54 Apunct
56uauaNOUNNumber=Sing60 meacompound
57--PUNCT_56 uapunct
58kakaNOUNNumber=Sing60 meacompound
59--PUNCT_60 meapunct
60meameaNOUNNumber=Sing52 hinuconj
61,,PUNCT_63 namedpunct
62afterwardsafterwardsADV_63 namedadvmod
63namednameVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass52 hinuparataxis
64KaeKaePROPNNumber=Sing66 kaecompound
65--PUNCT_66 kaepunct
66kaekaeNOUNNumber=Sing63 namedxcomp
67andandCCONJ_70 liucc
68MaMaPROPNNumber=Sing70 liucompound
69--PUNCT_68 Mapunct
70liuliuNOUNNumber=Sing66 kaeconj
71,,PUNCT_80 claimedpunct
72fromfromADP_73 whomcase
73whomwhomPRONPronType=Rel80 claimedobl
74severalseveralADJDegree=Pos76 familiesamod
75priestlypriestlyADJDegree=Pos76 familiesamod
76familiesfamilyNOUNNumber=Plur80 claimednsubj
77ininADP_79 agescase
78afterafterADP_79 agescase
79agesageNOUNNumber=Plur76 familiesnmod
80claimedclaimVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin63 namedconj
81descentdescentNOUNNumber=Sing80 claimedobj
82andandCCONJ_83 authoritycc
83authorityauthorityNOUNNumber=Sing81 descentconj
84..PUNCT_52 hinupunct
85”"PUNCT_11 sayspunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentFornander in Fornander's Account of the Polynesian Racevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2relate in a quotepresentOne of the legendsPaumakuaPaumakua's return from one of Paumakua's foreign voyagesvn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme
3bring back in a quotepastOne of the legends not said hereOahuwith Paumakuavn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to oahu=Destination
4say speech: assert in a quotepasttwo white menvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5is a in a quoteto-infinitive · perfectpriestsa ua ka hinu and a ua ka mea nmodtree rules
6name in a quoteparticipleKae kae and Ma liuafterwards propertyvn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
7claim speech: other in a quotepastseveral priestly families in agesdescent and authoritywhom oblvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent descent=Topic
8account in a quoteFornanderthe Polynesian Racenom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient
9return in a quotePaumakuanom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
10voyage in a quotePaumakuanom voyage «act transitive»: poss=agent

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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