Hawaiian Historical Legends, The First Constitution, sentence 51
In order to carry out this Declaration of Rights Ka-meha-meha III and his high chiefs were led irresistibly to the promulgation of a Constitution which should differentiate the functions of the different branches of government and provide for a proper presentation of the needs of the people.
Who acts: Constitution · What happens: carry out, lead, differentiate, provide, promulgate, present · To what, where: Declaration, high chiefs, promulgation, functions, Constitution, needs
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 (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 | In | in | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 4 carry | mark |
| 2 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 In | fixed |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 carry | mark |
| 4 | carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 carry | compound:prt |
| 6 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 Declaration | det |
| 7 | Declaration | Declaration | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 carry | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Ka | case |
| 9 | Rights | Right | PROPN | Number=Plur | 10 Ka | compound |
| 10 | Ka | Ka | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Declaration | nmod |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 meha | punct |
| 12 | meha | meha | X | Foreign=Yes | 7 Declaration | dep |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 meha | punct |
| 14 | meha | meha | X | Foreign=Yes | 12 meha | flat:foreign |
| 15 | III | III | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 14 meha | flat |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 led | cc |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 chiefs | nmod:poss |
| 18 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 chiefs | amod |
| 19 | chiefs | chief | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 led | nsubj |
| 20 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 led | aux:pass |
| 21 | led | lead | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 carry | conj |
| 22 | irresistibly | irresistibly | ADV | _ | 21 led | advmod |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 25 promulgation | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 promulgation | det |
| 25 | promulgation | promulgation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 led | obl |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 Constitution | case |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 Constitution | det |
| 28 | Constitution | constitution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 promulgation | nmod |
| 29 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 31 differentiate | nsubj |
| 30 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 31 differentiate | aux |
| 31 | differentiate | differentiate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 Constitution | acl:relcl |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 functions | det |
| 33 | functions | function | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 differentiate | obj |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 branches | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 branches | det |
| 36 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 branches | amod |
| 37 | branches | branch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 functions | nmod |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 government | case |
| 39 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 branches | nmod |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 provide | cc |
| 41 | provide | provide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 differentiate | conj |
| 42 | for | for | ADP | _ | 45 presentation | case |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 presentation | det |
| 44 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 presentation | amod |
| 45 | presentation | presentation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 provide | obl |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 needs | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 needs | det |
| 48 | needs | need | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 presentation | nmod |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 people | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 people | det |
| 51 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 needs | nmod |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 carry | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry out | to-infinitive | this Declaration of Rights Ka | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent declaration=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | lead | past · passive | Ka's high chiefs | the promulgation of a Constitution | irresistibly property | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to promulgation=Destination | |||
| 3 | differentiate | should | a Constitution | the functions of the different branches of government | vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Attribute function=Theme | ||||
| 4 | provide | infinitive | a Constitution not said here | for a proper presentation of the needs of the people | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for presentation=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | promulgate | a Constitution | nom promulgation «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 6 | present | the needs of the people | nom presentation «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 7 | need | the people | nom need «state 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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