Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Hawaiian Flag, sentence 124
This Provisional Government, with President Dole at its head, under the old Hawaiian flag, was at once recognised, under date of January 17, as the “de facto government of the Hawaiian Islands,” by Minister Stevens of the United States.
Who acts: de government · What happens: recognise · To what, where: Provisional Government, date
This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, The Hawaiian Flag. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (de government), 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 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 Government | det |
| 2 | Provisional | provisional | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Government | amod |
| 3 | Government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 recognised | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Dole | punct |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 Dole | case |
| 6 | President | President | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Dole | nmod:desc |
| 7 | Dole | Dole | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Government | appos |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 head | case |
| 9 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 head | nmod:poss |
| 10 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Dole | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 flag | punct |
| 12 | under | under | ADP | _ | 16 flag | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 flag | det |
| 14 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 flag | amod |
| 15 | Hawaiian | hawaiian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 flag | amod |
| 16 | flag | flag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Government | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Government | punct |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 recognised | aux:pass |
| 19 | at | at | ADP | _ | 20 once | case |
| 20 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 21 recognised | obl |
| 21 | recognised | recognise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 date | punct |
| 23 | under | under | ADP | _ | 24 date | case |
| 24 | date | date | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 recognised | obl |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 January | case |
| 26 | January | January | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 date | nmod |
| 27 | 17 | 17 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 26 January | nmod:unmarked |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 government | punct |
| 29 | as | as | ADP | _ | 34 government | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 government | det |
| 31 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 government | punct |
| 32 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 34 government | amod |
| 33 | facto | facto | X | Foreign=Yes | 32 de | flat |
| 34 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 recognised | obl:agent |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 Islands | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 Islands | det |
| 37 | Hawaiian | Hawaiian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 Islands | compound |
| 38 | Islands | Island | PROPN | Number=Plur | 34 government | nmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 Islands | punct |
| 40 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 38 Islands | punct |
| 41 | by | by | ADP | _ | 43 Stevens | case |
| 42 | Minister | Minister | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 Stevens | nmod:desc |
| 43 | Stevens | Stevens | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 Islands | nmod |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 States | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 States | det |
| 46 | United | United | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 States | amod |
| 47 | States | State | PROPN | Number=Plur | 43 Stevens | nmod |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 21 recognised | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | recognise | past · passive | the de government of the Hawaiian Islands by Stevens Minister of the United States | this Provisional Government and the old Hawaiian flag | date of January 17 | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus |
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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