Hawaiian Historical Legends, Captain Cook, sentence 97
There was such respect and ready service on the part of the people—there were such prostrations before the kings of the various islands that Captain Cook accepted the “worship” offered him as the proper respect due to the representative of Great Britain.
Who acts: such prostrations, Captain · What happens: be, accept · To what, where: various islands, Captain
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 (such prostrations, 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 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 was | expl |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 offered | cop |
| 3 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 respect | amod |
| 4 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 was | nsubj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 service | cc |
| 6 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 service | amod |
| 7 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 respect | conj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 part | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 part | det |
| 10 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 service | nmod |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 people | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 people | det |
| 13 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 part | nmod |
| 14 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 16 were | punct |
| 15 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 16 were | expl |
| 16 | were | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 offered | advcl |
| 17 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 prostrations | amod |
| 18 | prostrations | prostration | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 offered | nsubj |
| 19 | before | before | ADP | _ | 21 kings | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 kings | det |
| 21 | kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 prostrations | nmod |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 islands | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 islands | det |
| 24 | various | various | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 islands | amod |
| 25 | islands | island | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 kings | nmod |
| 26 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 accepted | obj |
| 27 | Captain | Captain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 accepted | nsubj |
| 28 | Cook | Cook | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 Captain | flat |
| 29 | accepted | accept | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 islands | acl:relcl |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 worship | det |
| 31 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 32 worship | punct |
| 32 | worship | worship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 accepted | obj |
| 33 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 29 accepted | punct |
| 34 | offered | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 35 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 offered | iobj |
| 36 | as | as | ADP | _ | 39 respect | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 respect | det |
| 38 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 respect | amod |
| 39 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 offered | obl |
| 40 | due | due | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 43 representative | case |
| 41 | to | to | ADP | _ | 40 due | fixed |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 representative | det |
| 43 | representative | representative | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 offered | obl |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 Britain | case |
| 45 | Great | Great | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 Britain | flat |
| 46 | Britain | Britain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 representative | nmod |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 34 offered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | past | such prostrations before the kings of the various islands not said here | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | accept | past | Captain | the various islands | the worship obj | tree rules | |||
| 3 | is | past | such prostrations before the kings of the various islands | Captain | as the proper respect; due the representative of Great Britain; offer property | tree rules |
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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