--- title: Veiled by the fogs of imagination are many interesting facts concern… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: Veiled by the fogs of imagination are many interesting facts concerning kings and chiefs which have been passed over untouched—such as the voyages of the vikings of the Pacific, who left names and legends around the islands. Who acts: Veiled many interesting facts, voyages. A sentence of «Hawaiian H --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/1/12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Hawaiian Historical Legends](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/) / [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/1/) / 12 # Hawaiian Historical Legends, Opening, sentence 12 Veiled by the fogs of imagination are many interesting facts concerning kings and chiefs which have been passed over untouched—such as the voyages of the vikings of the Pacific, who left names and legends around the islands. **Who acts:** Veiled many interesting facts, voyages · **What happens:** veil, be, concern, pass over, leave, fog · **To what, where:** Veiled many interesting facts, kings, names, islands, imagination, vikings This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Veiled many interesting facts, voyages), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg66357:1:12 # text = Veiled by the fogs of imagination are many interesting facts concerning kings and chiefs which have been passed over untouched—such as the voyages of the vikings of the Pacific, who left names and legends around the islands. 1 Veiled veil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 amod _ _ 2 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fogs fog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 imagination imagination NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 interesting interesting ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 11 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 12 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl:relcl _ _ 19 over over ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 untouched untouched ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 — - PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 25 case _ _ 23 as as ADP IN _ 22 fixed _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 voyages voyage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 vikings viking NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Pacific Pacific PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 35 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 legends legend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ _ 38 around around ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **veil** | participle | | | | | | by the fogs of imagination | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | | Veiled many interesting facts and the voyages of the vikings of the Pacific | | | | the voyages of the vikings of the Pacific *conj* | tree rules | | 3 | **concern** | gerund | Veiled many interesting facts and the voyages of the vikings of the Pacific *not said here* | kings and chiefs | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus king=Experiencer | | 4 | **pass over** | present · perfect · passive | | kings and chiefs | | | | untouched *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory | | 5 | **leave** | past | the voyages of the vikings of the Pacific | names and legends | | the islands | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent name=Theme around island=Location | | 6 | **fog** | | | imagination | | | | | nom fog «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **voyage** | | | the vikings of the Pacific | | | | | nom voyage «act transitive»: of=patient | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/1/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/1/13/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/1/)