Hawaiian Historical Legends, First Hawaiian Printing, sentence 47
Then in June, 1825, a booklet, 4 pages, called—“He olelo a ke Akua,” or “Selected Scriptures,” was probably printed on the same demy with “He ui,” or “A catechism,” 8 pages—each 7,000 copies.
Who acts: article · What happens: call, olelo, select, print · To what, where: 4 pages, ke, Selected Scriptures, same demy · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (article), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 June | advmod |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 June | case |
| 3 | June | June | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 olelo | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 1825 | punct |
| 5 | 1825 | 1825 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 June | appos |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 booklet | punct |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 booklet | det |
| 8 | booklet | booklet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 June | appos |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 pages | punct |
| 10 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 pages | nummod |
| 11 | pages | page | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 booklet | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 called | punct |
| 13 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 pages | acl |
| 14 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 called | punct |
| 15 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 olelo | punct |
| 16 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 olelo | nsubj |
| 17 | olelo | olelo | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 ke | det |
| 19 | ke | ke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 olelo | obj |
| 20 | Akua | Akua | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 ke | appos |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 olelo | punct |
| 22 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 olelo | punct |
| 23 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 31 printed | cc |
| 24 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 31 printed | punct |
| 25 | Selected | select | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 Scriptures | amod |
| 26 | Scriptures | Scripture | PROPN | Number=Plur | 31 printed | nsubj:pass |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 Scriptures | punct |
| 28 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 Scriptures | punct |
| 29 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 printed | aux:pass |
| 30 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 31 printed | advmod |
| 31 | printed | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 olelo | conj | |
| 32 | on | on | ADP | _ | 35 demy | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 demy | det |
| 34 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 demy | amod |
| 35 | demy | demy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 printed | obl |
| 36 | with | with | ADP | _ | 39 ui | case |
| 37 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 39 ui | punct |
| 38 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 ui | nsubj |
| 39 | ui | ui | NOUN | Foreign=Yes | 35 demy | conj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 ui | punct |
| 41 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 39 ui | punct |
| 42 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 45 catechism | cc |
| 43 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 45 catechism | punct |
| 44 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 catechism | det |
| 45 | catechism | catechism | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 demy | conj |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 pages | punct |
| 47 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 49 pages | punct |
| 48 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 49 pages | nummod |
| 49 | pages | page | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 olelo | parataxis |
| 50 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 51 each | punct |
| 51 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 49 pages | appos |
| 52 | 7,000 | 7000 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 53 copies | nummod |
| 53 | copies | copy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 each | nmod |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 olelo | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call speech: assert | participle | 4 pages not said here | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | olelo in a quote | past | article | a ke | june | 8 pages parataxis | tree rules | ||
| 3 | select in a quote | participle | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | past · passive | Selected Scriptures | the same demy and ui article or a catechism | probably property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on demy=Destination |
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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