Hawaiian Historical Legends, First Foreigners, sentence 29

The nearest approach to any permanent influence possibly coming from this shipwrecked man is the statement made to a chief by a native prophet long before the islands were discovered by Captain Cook, that from his predecessors he had learned the prophecy: “A communication would be made to them from Heaven, the place of the real God, entirely different from anything they had known and that the tabu of the country would be subverted.”

Who acts: permanent influence, nearest approach, Captain Cook, that · What happens: come, shipwreck, be, make, discover, learn · To what, where: statement, islands, prophecy, predecessors, communication, Heaven · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, First Foreigners. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (permanent influence, nearest approach, Captain Cook, that), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 approach	det
2	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 approach	amod
3	approach	approach	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 statement	nsubj
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 influence	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 influence	det
6	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 influence	amod
7	influence	influence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 approach	nmod
8	possibly	possibly	ADV	_	9 coming	advmod
9	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 influence	acl
10	from	from	ADP	_	13 man	case
11	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 man	det
12	shipwrecked	shipwreck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 man	amod
13	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 coming	obl
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 statement	cop
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 statement	det
16	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
17	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 statement	acl
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 chief	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 chief	det
20	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 made	obl
21	by	by	ADP	_	24 prophet	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 prophet	det
23	native	native	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 prophet	amod
24	prophet	prophet	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 made	obl
25	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	24 prophet	advmod
26	before	before	SCONJ	_	30 discovered	mark
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 islands	det
28	islands	island	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 discovered	nsubj:pass
29	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 discovered	aux:pass
30	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 made	advcl
31	by	by	ADP	_	33 Cook	case
32	Captain	Captain	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 Cook	compound
33	Cook	Cook	PROPN	Number=Sing	30 discovered	obl
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 learned	punct
35	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	41 learned	nsubj
36	from	from	ADP	_	38 predecessors	case
37	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 predecessors	nmod:poss
38	predecessors	predecessor	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 learned	obl
39	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 learned	nsubj
40	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 learned	aux
41	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 statement	parataxis
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 prophecy	det
43	prophecy	prophecy	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 learned	obj
44	:	:	PUNCT	_	50 made	punct
45	“	"	PUNCT	_	50 made	punct
46	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 communication	det
47	communication	communication	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 made	nsubj:pass
48	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	50 made	aux
49	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	50 made	aux:pass
50	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 statement	parataxis
51	to	to	ADP	_	52 them	case
52	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 made	obl
53	from	from	ADP	_	54 Heaven	case
54	Heaven	Heaven	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 made	obl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 place	punct
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 place	det
57	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 made	parataxis
58	of	of	ADP	_	61 God	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 God	det
60	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 God	amod
61	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	57 place	nmod
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 different	punct
63	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	64 different	advmod
64	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 place	parataxis
65	from	from	ADP	_	66 anything	case
66	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	64 different	obl
67	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 known	nsubj:pass
68	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 known	aux
69	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	66 anything	acl:relcl
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	79 subverted	cc
71	that	that	SCONJ	_	79 subverted	mark
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 tabu	det
73	tabu	tabu	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 subverted	nsubj:pass
74	of	of	ADP	_	76 country	case
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 country	det
76	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 tabu	nmod
77	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	79 subverted	aux
78	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	79 subverted	aux:pass
79	subverted	subvert	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	64 different	conj
80	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 statement	punct
81	”	"	PUNCT	_	16 statement	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	come	gerund	any permanent influence not said here				from this shipwrecked man; possibly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from man=Initial_Location
2	shipwreck	participle						vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	the nearest approach to any permanent influence	the statement				tree rules
4	make	participle		the statement not said here			to a chief; by a native prophet	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
5	discover	past · passive	Captain Cook	the islands				vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic
6	learn	past · perfect	that	the prophecy		Cook's predecessors	Cook nsubj	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent prophecy=Topic from predecessor=Source
7	make in a quote	would · passive		a communication	islands = island	Heaven	the place of the real God parataxis	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from heaven=Material
8	know in a quote	past · perfect · passive		islands = island				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus
9	subvert in a quote	would · passive		the tabu of the country				vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=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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🌲 Hawaiian Historical Legends, First Foreigners, sentence 29

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Hawaiian Historical Legends, First Foreigners, sentence 29