Hawaiian Historical Legends, The First Constitution, sentence 25
Nevertheless, it is a somewhat remarkable fact that men of such limited civilisation as the king and chiefs should have been willing to voluntarily give up so large a use of power as is marked in the adoption of such a radically new form of government as arose in 1839–1840.
Who acts: much, men · What happens: be, give up, mark, use, adopt, form · To what, where: remarkable fact, large use, adoption, power, new form, government
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: who acts (much, men), 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 | Nevertheless | nevertheless | ADV | _ | 8 fact | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nevertheless | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 fact | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 fact | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 fact | det |
| 6 | somewhat | somewhat | ADV | _ | 7 remarkable | advmod |
| 7 | remarkable | remarkable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 fact | amod |
| 8 | fact | fact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 marked | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 23 willing | mark |
| 10 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 willing | nsubj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 civilisation | case |
| 12 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 civilisation | amod |
| 13 | limited | limited | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 civilisation | amod |
| 14 | civilisation | civilisation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 men | nmod |
| 15 | as | as | ADP | _ | 17 king | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 king | det |
| 17 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 civilisation | nmod |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 chiefs | cc |
| 19 | chiefs | chief | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 king | conj |
| 20 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 23 willing | aux |
| 21 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 23 willing | aux |
| 22 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 23 willing | cop |
| 23 | willing | willing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 fact | parataxis |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 give | mark |
| 25 | voluntarily | voluntarily | ADV | _ | 26 give | advmod |
| 26 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 willing | xcomp |
| 27 | up | up | ADP | _ | 26 give | compound:prt |
| 28 | so | so | ADV | _ | 29 large | advmod |
| 29 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 use | amod |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 use | det |
| 31 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 give | obj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 power | case |
| 33 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 use | nmod |
| 34 | as | as | ADP | _ | 23 willing | fixed |
| 35 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 marked | aux:pass |
| 36 | marked | mark | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 adoption | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 adoption | det |
| 39 | adoption | adoption | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 marked | obl |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 form | case |
| 41 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 45 form | det:predet |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 form | det |
| 43 | radically | radically | ADV | _ | 44 new | advmod |
| 44 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 form | amod |
| 45 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 adoption | nmod |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 government | case |
| 47 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 form | nmod |
| 48 | as | as | ADP | _ | 49 arose | case |
| 49 | arose | arose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 form | nmod |
| 50 | in | in | ADP | _ | 51 1839 | case |
| 51 | 1839 | 1839 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 36 marked | obl |
| 52 | – | - | PUNCT | _ | 51 1839 | punct |
| 53 | 1840 | 1840 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 51 1839 | flat |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 36 marked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | much | a remarkable fact | nevertheless property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is | should · perfect | men of such limited civilisation as the king and chiefs | willing property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | give up | to-infinitive | men of such limited civilisation as the king and chiefs not said here | a large use of power | voluntarily property | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent use=Source | |||
| 4 | mark | present · passive | a remarkable fact | the adoption of such new form of government as arose | in 1839 | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: subject=Theme in adoption=Destination | |||
| 5 | use | power | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 6 | adopt | such new form of government as arose | nom adoption «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 7 | form | government | as arose | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient as=obl |
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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