Hawaiian Historical Legends, The First Constitution, sentence 22
Ka-meha-meha III determined to put the lessons into practice, and in 1839 issued what he called “A Declaration of Rights—Both of the People and the Chiefs,” and in October, 1840, promulgated the first Constitution of the Hawaiian Islands, quickly following these documents with a code of laws agreed to unanimously by the council of chiefs and signed by both the king and his premier.
Who acts: Ka, first Constitution · What happens: put, issue, call, promulgate, follow, agree · To what, where: lessons, practice, 1839, Declaration, documents, laws · 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 (Ka, first Constitution), 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 | Ka | Ka | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 determined | nsubj |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 meha | punct |
| 3 | meha | meha | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 Ka | dep |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 meha | punct |
| 5 | meha | meha | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 Ka | dep |
| 6 | III | iii | X | _ | 7 determined | nsubj |
| 7 | determined | determined | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 put | mark |
| 9 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 determined | xcomp |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 lessons | det |
| 11 | lessons | lesson | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 put | obj |
| 12 | into | into | ADP | _ | 13 practice | case |
| 13 | practice | practice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 put | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 issued | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 issued | cc |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 1839 | case |
| 17 | 1839 | 1839 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 18 issued | obl |
| 18 | issued | issue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 determined | parataxis |
| 19 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 21 called | obj |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 called | nsubj |
| 21 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 issued | ccomp |
| 22 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 Declaration | punct |
| 23 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 Declaration | det |
| 24 | Declaration | Declaration | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 called | obj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 Rights | case |
| 26 | Rights | Right | PROPN | Number=Plur | 24 Declaration | nmod |
| 27 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 31 People | punct |
| 28 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 31 People | det:predet |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 People | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 People | det |
| 31 | People | People | PROPN | Number=Plur | 24 Declaration | nmod |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 Chiefs | cc |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Chiefs | det |
| 34 | Chiefs | Chief | PROPN | Number=Plur | 31 People | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 Declaration | punct |
| 36 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 Declaration | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 October | cc |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 October | case |
| 39 | October | October | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Declaration | conj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 1840 | punct |
| 41 | 1840 | 1840 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 24 Declaration | conj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 promulgated | punct |
| 43 | promulgated | promulgate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 issued | conj |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 Constitution | det |
| 45 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 46 Constitution | amod |
| 46 | Constitution | Constitution | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 promulgated | obj |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 Islands | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 Islands | det |
| 49 | Hawaiian | Hawaiian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 Islands | compound |
| 50 | Islands | Island | PROPN | Number=Plur | 46 Constitution | nmod |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 following | punct |
| 52 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 53 following | advmod |
| 53 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 43 promulgated | advcl |
| 54 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 55 documents | det |
| 55 | documents | document | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 following | obj |
| 56 | with | with | ADP | _ | 58 code | case |
| 57 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 58 code | det |
| 58 | code | code | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 following | obl |
| 59 | of | of | ADP | _ | 60 laws | case |
| 60 | laws | law | NOUN | Number=Plur | 58 code | nmod |
| 61 | agreed | agree | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 60 laws | acl |
| 62 | to | to | PART | _ | 63 unanimously | mark |
| 63 | unanimously | unanimously | ADV | _ | 61 agreed | advmod |
| 64 | by | by | ADP | _ | 66 council | case |
| 65 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 council | det |
| 66 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 agreed | obl |
| 67 | of | of | ADP | _ | 68 chiefs | case |
| 68 | chiefs | chief | NOUN | Number=Plur | 66 council | nmod |
| 69 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 70 signed | cc |
| 70 | signed | sign | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 61 agreed | conj |
| 71 | by | by | ADP | _ | 74 king | case |
| 72 | both | both | CCONJ | _ | 74 king | cc:preconj |
| 73 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 74 king | det |
| 74 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 signed | obl |
| 75 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 77 premier | cc |
| 76 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 77 premier | nmod:poss |
| 77 | premier | premier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 74 king | conj |
| 78 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 determined | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | to-infinitive | the lessons | practice | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent lesson=Goal | ||||
| 2 | issue | past | 1839 | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | call | past | Ka | a Declaration of Rights of both People and the Chiefs and October | what obj | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme declaration=Result | |||
| 4 | promulgate speech: other | past | the first Constitution of the Hawaiian Islands | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | follow | gerund | the first Constitution of the Hawaiian Islands not said here | this documents | with a code of laws; quickly property | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent document=Theme | |||
| 6 | agree speech: agree | participle | laws not said here | by the council of chiefs; unanimously property | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | sign | participle | by the king and Ka's premier | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | code | laws | nom code «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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