Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Hawaiian Flag, sentence 142
As time passed, President Cleveland’s desire to restore the monarchy became more and more apparent, and under the same old Hawaiian colours, “on July 4, 1894, the Constitution of the Republic of Hawaii was promulgated,” and all designs for United States interference were thwarted.
Who acts: desire, President · What happens: pass, restore, become, promulgate, thwart, desire · To what, where: monarchy, Constitution, same old Hawaiian colours
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 (desire, President), 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 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 3 passed | mark |
| 2 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 passed | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 became | advcl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 passed | punct |
| 5 | President | President | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 desire | nmod:poss |
| 6 | Cleveland | Cleveland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 President | flat |
| 7 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 5 President | case |
| 8 | desire | desire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 became | nsubj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 restore | mark |
| 10 | restore | restore | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 desire | acl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 monarchy | det |
| 12 | monarchy | monarchy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 restore | obj |
| 13 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 13 became | advmod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 apparent | cc |
| 16 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 17 apparent | advmod |
| 17 | apparent | apparent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 more | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 thwarted | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 thwarted | cc |
| 20 | under | under | ADP | _ | 25 colours | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 colours | det |
| 22 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 colours | amod |
| 23 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 colours | amod |
| 24 | Hawaiian | hawaiian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 colours | amod |
| 25 | colours | colour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 thwarted | nsubj:pass |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 4 | punct |
| 27 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 30 4 | punct |
| 28 | on | on | ADP | _ | 29 July | case |
| 29 | July | July | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 4 | nmod:unmarked |
| 30 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 25 colours | conj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 1894 | punct |
| 32 | 1894 | 1894 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 30 4 | flat |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 Constitution | punct |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 Constitution | det |
| 35 | Constitution | Constitution | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 promulgated | nsubj:pass |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 Republic | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 Republic | det |
| 38 | Republic | Republic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Constitution | nmod |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 Hawaii | case |
| 40 | Hawaii | Hawaii | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Constitution | nmod |
| 41 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 promulgated | aux:pass |
| 42 | promulgated | promulgate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 colours | conj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 promulgated | punct |
| 44 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 42 promulgated | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 designs | cc |
| 46 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 47 designs | det |
| 47 | designs | design | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 colours | conj |
| 48 | for | for | ADP | _ | 51 interference | case |
| 49 | United | United | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 States | amod |
| 50 | States | State | PROPN | Number=Plur | 51 interference | compound |
| 51 | interference | interference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 designs | nmod |
| 52 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 thwarted | aux:pass |
| 53 | thwarted | thwart | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 became | conj |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 became | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | participle | President's desire not said here | time | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | restore | to-infinitive | President's desire not said here | the monarchy | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent monarchy=Theme | ||||
| 3 | become | past | President's desire | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 4 | promulgate speech: other in a quote | past · passive | the Constitution of the Republic of Hawaii | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | |||||
| 5 | thwart | past · passive | the same old Hawaiian colours and all designs for States interference | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | desire | President | nom desire «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
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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