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title: For instance, Hilo, in the island of Hawaii, is named after Whiro, a… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: For instance, Hilo, in the island of Hawaii, is named after Whiro, a noted viking who sailed through many island groups with his brother, Punga, after whom the district of Puna is named. Who acts: noted viking. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, Opening, with its depend
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, Opening, sentence 13

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For instance, Hilo, in the island of Hawaii, is named after Whiro, a noted viking who sailed through many island groups with his brother, Punga, after whom the district of Puna is named.

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**Who acts:** noted viking · **What happens:** name, note, sail · **To what, where:** many island groups, district

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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 (noted viking), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg66357:1:13
# text = For instance, Hilo, in the island of Hawaii, is named after Whiro, a noted viking who sailed through many island groups with his brother, Punga, after whom the district of Puna is named.
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	instance	instance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	Hilo	Hilo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Hawaii	Hawaii	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
14	after	after	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Whiro	Whiro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	noted	note	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	amod	_	_
19	viking	viking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	appos	_	_
20	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	_
21	sailed	sail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	_
22	through	through	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
24	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	compound	_	_
25	groups	group	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	_
26	with	with	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
30	Punga	Punga	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
32	after	after	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	39	obl	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	district	district	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nsubj:pass	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	Puna	Puna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	_
38	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	39	aux:pass	_	_
39	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | present · passive |  |  |  |  | after Whiro and Punga | for instance | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP» |
| 2 | **note** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sail** | past | a noted viking |  |  | many island groups |  | with Hawaii's brother | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through group=Trajectory |
| 4 | **name** | present · passive |  | the district of Puna |  |  |  | whom *obl* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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.

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**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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