Hawaiian Historical Legends, Captain Cook, sentence 95
On the other hand, when Captain Cook saw the islands in 1778, he was impressed with the friendly spirit of the people, and with their hearty willingness to give aid in any direction.
Who acts: Captain · What happens: see, be, give · To what, where: islands, other hand, aid, direction
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 (Captain), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 4 hand | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 hand | det |
| 3 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 hand | amod |
| 4 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 saw | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hand | punct |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 saw | advmod |
| 7 | Captain | Captain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 saw | nsubj |
| 8 | Cook | Cook | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Captain | flat |
| 9 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 islands | det |
| 11 | islands | island | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 saw | obj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 1778 | case |
| 13 | 1778 | 1778 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 saw | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 impressed | punct |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 impressed | nsubj |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 impressed | cop |
| 17 | impressed | impressed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 saw | conj |
| 18 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 spirit | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 spirit | det |
| 20 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 spirit | amod |
| 21 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 impressed | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 people | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 people | det |
| 24 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 spirit | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 willingness | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 willingness | cc |
| 27 | with | with | ADP | _ | 30 willingness | case |
| 28 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 willingness | nmod:poss |
| 29 | hearty | hearty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 willingness | amod |
| 30 | willingness | willingness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 saw | obl |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 give | mark |
| 32 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 willingness | acl |
| 33 | aid | aid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 give | obj |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 direction | case |
| 35 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 36 direction | det |
| 36 | direction | direction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 give | obl |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | Captain | the islands | the other hand | in 1778; with people's hearty willingness | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer island=Stimulus | ||
| 2 | is | past | Captain | with the friendly spirit of the people; impressed property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | give | to-infinitive | Captain not said here | aid | any direction | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aid=Theme |
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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