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Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Hawaiian Flag, sentence 62

The king, Ka-meha-meha III, meanwhile made earnest protest and planned resistance, but his wise counsellors persuaded him not to give Lord Paulet any pretext for action, but to forestall him by making a provisional cession of the kingdom pending the appeal to the protection of the United States and England.

Who acts: king, wise counsellors · What happens: make, plan, persuade, not give, forestall, pend · To what, where: earnest protest, resistance, king, pretext, Lord, provisional cession

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

detnsubjpunctappospunctdeppunctflat:foreignflatpunctadvmodamodobjccconjobjpunctccnmod:possamodnsubjconjobjadvmodmarkccompiobjflatdetobjcasenmodpunctccmarkparataxisobjmarkadvcldetamodobjcasedetnmodadvcldetobjcasedetoblcasedetamodnmodccconjpunctrootTheDETkingNOUN,PUNCTKaPROPN-PUNCTmehaX-PUNCTmehaXIIINUM,PUNCTmeanwhileADVmadeVERBearnestADJprotestNOUNandCCONJplannedVERBresistanceNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJhisPRONwiseADJcounsellorsNOUNpersuadedVERBhimPRONnotPARTtoPARTgiveVERBLordPROPNPauletPROPNanyDETpretextNOUNforADPactionNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJtoPARTforestallVERBhimPRONbySCONJmakingVERBaDETprovisionalADJcessionNOUNofADPtheDETkingdomNOUNpendingVERBtheDETappealNOUNtoADPtheDETprotectionNOUNofADPtheDETUnitedADJStatesPROPNandCCONJEnglandPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 kingdet
2kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing12 madensubj
3,,PUNCT_4 Kapunct
4KaKaPROPNNumber=Sing2 kingappos
5--PUNCT_6 mehapunct
6mehamehaXForeign=Yes4 Kadep
7--PUNCT_8 mehapunct
8mehamehaXForeign=Yes6 mehaflat:foreign
9IIIIIINUMNumForm=Roman NumType=Card8 mehaflat
10,,PUNCT_2 kingpunct
11meanwhilemeanwhileADV_12 madeadvmod
12mademakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
13earnestearnADJDegree=Sup14 protestamod
14protestprotestNOUNNumber=Sing12 madeobj
15andandCCONJ_16 plannedcc
16plannedplanVERBMood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 madeconj
17resistanceresistanceNOUNNumber=Sing16 plannedobj
18,,PUNCT_23 persuadedpunct
19butbutCCONJ_23 persuadedcc
20hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs22 counsellorsnmod:poss
21wisewiseADJDegree=Pos22 counsellorsamod
22counsellorscounsellorNOUNNumber=Plur23 persuadednsubj
23persuadedpersuadeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 plannedconj
24himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs23 persuadedobj
25notnotPARTPolarity=Neg27 giveadvmod
26totoPART_27 givemark
27givegiveVERBVerbForm=Inf23 persuadedccomp
28LordLordPROPNNumber=Sing27 giveiobj
29PauletPauletPROPNNumber=Sing28 Lordflat
30anyanyDETPronType=Ind31 pretextdet
31pretextpretextNOUNNumber=Sing27 giveobj
32forforADP_33 actioncase
33actionactionNOUNNumber=Sing31 pretextnmod
34,,PUNCT_37 forestallpunct
35butbutCCONJ_37 forestallcc
36totoPART_37 forestallmark
37forestallforestallVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin12 madeparataxis
38himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs37 forestallobj
39bybySCONJ_40 makingmark
40makingmakeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part37 forestalladvcl
41aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art43 cessiondet
42provisionalprovisionalADJDegree=Pos43 cessionamod
43cessioncessionNOUNNumber=Sing40 makingobj
44ofofADP_46 kingdomcase
45thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art46 kingdomdet
46kingdomkingdomNOUNNumber=Sing43 cessionnmod
47pendingpendVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part40 makingadvcl
48thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art49 appealdet
49appealappealNOUNNumber=Sing47 pendingobj
50totoADP_52 protectioncase
51thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art52 protectiondet
52protectionprotectionNOUNNumber=Sing47 pendingobl
53ofofADP_56 Statescase
54thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art56 Statesdet
55UnitedUnitedADJDegree=Pos56 Statesamod
56StatesStatePROPNNumber=Plur52 protectionnmod
57andandCCONJ_58 Englandcc
58EnglandEnglandPROPNNumber=Sing56 Statesconj
59..PUNCT_12 madepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1makeparticiplethe kingearnest protestmeanwhile propertyvn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent protest=Product
2planpastthe king not said hereresistancevn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent resistance=Topic
3persuadepastking's wise counsellorskingvn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Patient clause=Result
4not giveto-infinitiveking's wise counsellors not said hereany pretextLordfor actionvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent lord=Recipient pretext=Theme for action=Asset
5forestallto-infinitivekingtree rules
6makegerunda provisional cession of the kingdomvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cession=Product
7pendgerundthe appealto the protection of the United States and Englandtree rules
8cedethe kingdomnom cession «act transitive»: of=patient
9protectthe United States and Englandnom protection «act 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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