Hawaiian Historical Legends, First Hawaiian Printing, sentence 33
He wanted the education reserved for the chiefs because, according to Mr. Bingham, “he would not have the instruction of the people in general come in the way of their cutting sandalwood to pay his debts.”
Who acts: liho, education · What happens: want, reserve, accord, not have, come, cut · To what, where: instruction, general, debts, people
This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, First Hawaiian Printing. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (liho, education), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 education | det |
| 4 | education | education | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reserved | nsubj |
| 5 | reserved | reserve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 wanted | ccomp |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 chiefs | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 chiefs | det |
| 8 | chiefs | chief | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 reserved | obl |
| 9 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 14 Bingham | mark |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 Bingham | punct |
| 11 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 Bingham | case |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 according | fixed |
| 13 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Bingham | nmod:desc |
| 14 | Bingham | Bingham | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 reserved | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 have | punct |
| 16 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 have | punct |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 have | nsubj |
| 18 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 have | aux |
| 19 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 20 have | advmod |
| 20 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 reserved | conj |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 instruction | det |
| 22 | instruction | instruction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 have | obj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 people | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 people | det |
| 25 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 instruction | nmod |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 general | case |
| 27 | general | general | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 come | obl |
| 28 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 have | advcl |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 way | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 way | det |
| 31 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 come | obl |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 sandalwood | case |
| 33 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 sandalwood | nmod:poss |
| 34 | cutting | cut | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 35 sandalwood | amod |
| 35 | sandalwood | sandalwood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 way | nmod |
| 36 | to | to | PART | _ | 37 pay | mark |
| 37 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 come | advcl |
| 38 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 debts | nmod:poss |
| 39 | debts | debt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 pay | obj |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wanted | punct |
| 41 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 wanted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | liho | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | reserve | past | the education | for the chiefs; accord Bingham Mr. | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for chief=Beneficiary | ||||
| 3 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | not have in a quote | would | liho | the instruction of the people | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instruction=Patient | ||||
| 5 | come in a quote | present | liho not said here | general | in the way of people's cutting sandalwood | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in general=Location | |||
| 6 | cut in a quote | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 7 | pay in a quote | to-infinitive | liho not said here | liho's debts | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent debt=Asset | ||||
| 8 | instruct in a quote | the people | nom instruction «communication transitive»: 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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