--- title: It seems to those who now cross the ocean in great ships that such a… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: It seems to those who now cross the ocean in great ships that such a voyage is almost incredible, but the Hawaiians were vikings and were as intrepid sailors as the Norsemen who were sailing across the Atlantic Ocean about the same time. Who acts: It, great ships, Hawaiians, Norsemen. 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Westervelt, Laa From Tahiti. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (It, great ships, Hawaiians, Norsemen), 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:pg66357:10:36 # text = It seems to those who now cross the ocean in great ships that such a voyage is almost incredible, but the Hawaiians were vikings and were as intrepid sailors as the Norsemen who were sailing across the Atlantic Ocean about the same time. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 2 obl _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 7 cross cross VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ocean ocean NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 14 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 16 det:predet _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 voyage voyage NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 almost almost ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 incredible incredible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Hawaiians Hawaiian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 vikings viking NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 28 as as ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 intrepid intrepid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 sailors sailor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 31 as as ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Norsemen Norseman PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 2 xcomp _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 sailing sail VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 acl:relcl _ _ 37 across across ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 Atlantic Atlantic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 Ocean Ocean PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 about about ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | present | It | | | | | to those; the Norsemen *xcomp* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **cross** | present | | the ocean | | | now | in great ships; who *nsubj* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent ocean=Patient in ship=Topic | | 3 | **is** | present | great ships | | | | | such voyage *nsubj*; almost, incredible *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | past | the Hawaiians | vikings | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | | | | | | as intrepid sailors | tree rules | | 6 | **sail** | past · progressive | the Norsemen | | | the Atlantic Ocean | time | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent across ocean=Trajectory | 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. 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