Hawaiian Historical Legends, Captain Cook, sentence 1

In response to an appeal from the British Admiralty, Captain Cook left England to enter upon his third voyage in July, 1776, with the purpose of restoring some natives of the Society Islands to their home; examining islands of the Pacific for good harbours for future English use; and then to pass along the northwest coast of America to find, if possible, a sea passage from the Pacific Ocean to Hudson’s or Baffin’s Bay.

Who acts: response, purpose · What happens: leave, enter, restore, examine, pass, find · To what, where: England, natives, home, islands, sea passage, northwest coast

This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, Captain Cook. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (response, purpose), 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	ADP	_	2 response	case
2	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 left	nsubj
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 appeal	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 appeal	det
5	appeal	appeal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 response	nmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 Admiralty	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Admiralty	det
8	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Admiralty	amod
9	Admiralty	Admiralty	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 appeal	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 Cook	punct
11	Captain	Captain	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Cook	compound
12	Cook	Cook	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Admiralty	conj
13	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 left	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 enter	mark
16	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 left	advcl
17	upon	upon	ADP	_	20 voyage	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 voyage	nmod:poss
19	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	20 voyage	amod
20	voyage	voyage	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 enter	obl
21	in	in	ADP	_	22 July	case
22	July	July	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 voyage	nmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 1776	punct
24	1776	1776	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	22 July	appos
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 purpose	punct
26	with	with	ADP	_	28 purpose	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 purpose	det
28	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 enter	obl
29	of	of	SCONJ	_	30 restoring	mark
30	restoring	restore	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	28 purpose	acl
31	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	32 natives	det
32	natives	native	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 restoring	obj
33	of	of	ADP	_	36 Islands	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 Islands	det
35	Society	Society	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 Islands	compound
36	Islands	Island	PROPN	Number=Plur	32 natives	nmod
37	to	to	ADP	_	39 home	case
38	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 home	nmod:poss
39	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 restoring	obl
40	;	;	PUNCT	_	41 examining	punct
41	examining	examine	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 left	advcl
42	islands	island	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 examining	obj
43	of	of	ADP	_	45 Pacific	case
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 Pacific	det
45	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 islands	nmod
46	for	for	ADP	_	48 harbours	case
47	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 harbours	amod
48	harbours	harbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 examining	obl
49	for	for	ADP	_	52 use	case
50	future	future	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 use	amod
51	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 use	amod
52	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 harbours	nmod
53	;	;	PUNCT	_	57 pass	punct
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 pass	cc
55	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	57 pass	advmod
56	to	to	PART	_	57 pass	mark
57	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 left	advcl
58	along	along	ADP	_	61 coast	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 coast	det
60	northwest	northwest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 coast	amod
61	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 pass	obl
62	of	of	ADP	_	63 America	case
63	America	America	PROPN	Number=Sing	61 coast	nmod
64	to	to	PART	_	65 find	mark
65	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	57 pass	advcl
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 possible	punct
67	if	if	SCONJ	_	68 possible	mark
68	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 find	ccomp
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 passage	punct
70	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	72 passage	det
71	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 passage	compound
72	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 pass	obl
73	from	from	ADP	_	76 Ocean	case
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 Ocean	det
75	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	Number=Sing	76 Ocean	compound
76	Ocean	Ocean	PROPN	Number=Sing	72 passage	nmod
77	to	to	ADP	_	83 Bay	case
78	Hudson	Hudson	PROPN	Number=Sing	83 Bay	nmod:poss
79	’s	's	PART	_	78 Hudson	case
80	or	or	CCONJ	_	81 Baffin	cc
81	Baffin	Baffin	PROPN	Number=Sing	83 Bay	compound
82	’s	's	PART	_	81 Baffin	case
83	Bay	Bay	PROPN	Number=Sing	72 passage	nmod
84	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 left	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	response to a appeal from the British Admiralty and Captain Cook	England					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent england=Theme
2	enter	to-infinitive	response to a appeal from the British Admiralty and Captain Cook not said here					upon response's third voyage in July; with the purpose	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	restore	gerund	the purpose not said here	some natives of the Society Islands	Islands's home				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent native=Theme to home=Recipient
4	examine	gerund	response to a appeal from the British Admiralty and Captain Cook not said here	islands of the Pacific				for good harbours for future English use	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent island=Theme for harbour=Attribute
5	pass	to-infinitive	response to a appeal from the British Admiralty and Captain Cook not said here	a sea passage from the Pacific Ocean to Hudson's Baffin Bay		the northwest coast of America	then		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme along coast=Location
6	find	to-infinitive	response to a appeal from the British Admiralty and Captain Cook not said here						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
7	voyage		response					in July	nom voyage «act transitive»: poss=agent in=obl

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, Captain Cook, sentence 1