Hawaiian Historical Legends, The First Constitution, sentence 19
In 1838 the right man for the place was selected from among the American missionaries in the islands.
What happens: select · To what, where: right man, 1838
This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, The First Constitution. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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 1838 | case |
| 2 | 1838 | 1838 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 selected | obl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 man | det |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 man | amod |
| 5 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 selected | nsubj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 place | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 place | det |
| 8 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 man | nmod |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 selected | aux:pass |
| 10 | selected | select | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 missionaries | case |
| 12 | among | among | ADP | _ | 15 missionaries | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 missionaries | det |
| 14 | American | American | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 missionaries | amod |
| 15 | missionaries | missionary | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 selected | obl |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 islands | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 islands | det |
| 18 | islands | island | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 missionaries | nmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 selected | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | past · passive | the right man for the place | 1838 | from the American missionaries in the islands | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from missionary=Source |
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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