Hawaiian Historical Legends, First Hawaiian Printing, sentence 40

The fourth item recorded as issued in these islands was in December, 1823, and is the very rare and unique little book of 60 pages of Hawaiian hymns prepared by Rev. Hiram Bingham and Rev. William Ellis, an English missionary from Tahiti who resided in Honolulu at the time, heartily allying himself with the American missionaries.

Who acts: fourth item, English missionary · What happens: record, issue, be, prepare, reside, ally · To what, where: fourth item, islands, Hawaiian hymns, Honolulu

This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, First Hawaiian Printing. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fourth item, English missionary), 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 item	det
2	fourth	fourth	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 item	amod
3	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 December	nsubj
4	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 item	acl
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 issued	mark
6	issued	issue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 recorded	advcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 islands	case
8	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	9 islands	det
9	islands	island	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 issued	obl
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 December	cop
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 December	case
12	December	December	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 1823	punct
14	1823	1823	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 December	list
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 rare	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 rare	cc
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 rare	cop
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 rare	det
19	very	very	ADV	_	20 rare	advmod
20	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 December	parataxis
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 book	cc
22	unique	unique	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 book	amod
23	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 book	amod
24	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 rare	conj
25	of	of	ADP	_	27 pages	case
26	60	60	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	27 pages	nummod
27	pages	page	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 book	nmod
28	of	of	ADP	_	30 hymns	case
29	Hawaiian	hawaiian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 hymns	amod
30	hymns	hymn	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 pages	nmod
31	prepared	prepare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	30 hymns	acl
32	by	by	ADP	_	34 Hiram	case
33	Rev.	Rev.	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 Hiram	nmod:desc
34	Hiram	Hiram	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 prepared	obl:agent
35	Bingham	Bingham	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 Hiram	flat
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 William	cc
37	Rev.	Rev.	PROPN	Number=Sing	38 William	nmod:desc
38	William	William	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 Hiram	conj
39	Ellis	Ellis	PROPN	Number=Sing	38 William	flat
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 missionary	punct
41	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	43 missionary	det
42	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 missionary	amod
43	missionary	missionary	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 Hiram	appos
44	from	from	ADP	_	45 Tahiti	case
45	Tahiti	Tahiti	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 missionary	nmod
46	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	47 resided	nsubj
47	resided	reside	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 missionary	acl:relcl
48	in	in	ADP	_	49 Honolulu	case
49	Honolulu	Honolulu	PROPN	Number=Sing	47 resided	obl
50	at	at	ADP	_	52 time	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 time	det
52	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 resided	obl
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 allying	punct
54	heartily	heartily	ADV	_	55 allying	advmod
55	allying	ally	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	47 resided	advcl
56	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	55 allying	obj
57	with	with	ADP	_	60 missionaries	case
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 missionaries	det
59	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 missionaries	amod
60	missionaries	missionary	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 allying	obl
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 December	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	participle		the fourth item not said here				vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	issue	participle			this islands			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in island=Location
3	is	past	the fourth item				in December; 1823 list	tree rules
4	is	present					unique little book of 60 pages of Hawaiian hymns conj; rare property	tree rules
5	prepare	participle		Hawaiian hymns not said here			Hiram Rev. and William Rev. obl:agent	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	reside	past	a English missionary from Tahiti		Honolulu	time		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in honolulu=Location
7	ally	gerund	a English missionary from Tahiti not said here	Honolulu			with the American missionaries; heartily property	tree rules
8	page			Hawaiian hymns				nom page «communication 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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🌲 Hawaiian Historical Legends, First Hawaiian Printing, sentence 40

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Hawaiian Historical Legends, First Hawaiian Printing, sentence 40