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title: The chant states that the king was “wandering about,” probably drive… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: The chant states that the king was “wandering about,” probably driven by the winds far south from the islands. Who acts: chant, king. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, First Foreigners, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, First Foreigners, sentence 99

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The chant states that the king was “wandering about,” probably driven by the winds far south from the islands.

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**Who acts:** chant, king · **What happens:** state, wonder, drive · **To what, where:** islands · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, First Foreigners. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (chant, king), 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:pg66357:11:99
# text = The chant states that the king was “wandering about,” probably driven by the winds far south from the islands.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chant	chant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	states	state	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	wandering	wonder	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	_
10	about	about	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
13	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	driven	drive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	winds	wind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
18	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	19	advmod	_	_
19	south	south	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
20	from	from	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	islands	island	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | present | the chant |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **wonder** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | past · progressive | the king |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **drive** | participle |  |  |  | the islands |  | by the winds; probably, south *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent from island=Trajectory |

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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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