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Hawaiian Historical Legends, The First Constitution, sentence 15

Alexander says that he “announced to his chiefs his intention to take into his possession the land for which his father had toiled, the power of life and death, and the undivided sovereignty.”

Who acts: Alexander, father · What happens: say, announce, take, toil, intend, possess · To what, where: chiefs, land, possession, power · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, The First Constitution. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Alexander, father), 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

nsubjmarknsubjpunctccompcasenmod:possoblnmod:possnmodmarkccompcasenmod:possobldetobjcaseoblnmod:possnsubjauxacl:relclpunctdetoblcasenmodccconjpunctccdetamodccomppunctpunctrootAlexanderPROPNsaysVERBthatSCONJhePRON“PUNCTannouncedVERBtoADPhisPRONchiefsNOUNhisPRONintentionNOUNtoPARTtakeVERBintoADPhisPRONpossessionNOUNtheDETlandNOUNforADPwhichPRONhisPRONfatherNOUNhadAUXtoiledVERB,PUNCTtheDETpowerNOUNofADPlifeNOUNandCCONJdeathNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETundividedADJsovereigntyNOUN.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AlexanderAlexanderPROPNNumber=Sing2 saysnsubj
2sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thatthatSCONJ_6 announcedmark
4hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 announcednsubj
5“"PUNCT_6 announcedpunct
6announcedannounceVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 saysccomp
7totoADP_9 chiefscase
8hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs9 chiefsnmod:poss
9chiefschiefNOUNNumber=Plur6 announcedobl
10hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 intentionnmod:poss
11intentionintentionNOUNNumber=Sing9 chiefsnmod
12totoPART_13 takemark
13taketakeVERBVerbForm=Inf6 announcedccomp
14intointoADP_16 possessioncase
15hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs16 possessionnmod:poss
16possessionpossessionNOUNNumber=Sing13 takeobl
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 landdet
18landlandNOUNNumber=Sing13 takeobj
19forforADP_20 whichcase
20whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel24 toiledobl
21hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs22 fathernmod:poss
22fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing24 toilednsubj
23hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin24 toiledaux
24toiledtoilVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part18 landacl:relcl
25,,PUNCT_27 powerpunct
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 powerdet
27powerpowerNOUNNumber=Sing24 toiledobl
28ofofADP_29 lifecase
29lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing27 powernmod
30andandCCONJ_31 deathcc
31deathdeathNOUNNumber=Sing29 lifeconj
32,,PUNCT_36 sovereigntypunct
33andandCCONJ_36 sovereigntycc
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 sovereigntydet
35undividedundividedADJDegree=Pos36 sovereigntyamod
36sovereigntysovereigntyNOUNNumber=Sing2 saysccomp
37..PUNCT_36 sovereigntypunct
38”"PUNCT_36 sovereigntypunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentAlexanderthe undivided sovereignty ccompvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2announce speech: other in a quotepastAlexanderAlexander's chiefs Alexander's intentionvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to chief=Recipient clause=Topic
3take in a quoteto-infinitivethe landAlexander's possessionvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent land=Theme into possession=Destination
4toil in a quotepast · perfectAlexander's fatherthe power of life and deathfor the landvn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5intend in a quoteAlexandernom intention «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
6possess in a quoteAlexandernom possession «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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