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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, Captain Cook, sentence 1

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In response to an appeal from the British Admiralty, Captain Cook left England to enter upon his third voyage in July, 1776, with the purpose of restoring some natives of the Society Islands to their home; examining islands of the Pacific for good harbours for future English use; and then to pass along the northwest coast of America to find, if possible, a sea passage from the Pacific Ocean to Hudson’s or Baffin’s Bay.

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**Who acts:** response, purpose · **What happens:** leave, enter, restore, examine, pass, find · **To what, where:** England, natives, home, islands, sea passage, northwest coast

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, Captain Cook. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (response, purpose), 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:pg66357:12:1
# text = In response to an appeal from the British Admiralty, Captain Cook left England to enter upon his third voyage in July, 1776, with the purpose of restoring some natives of the Society Islands to their home; examining islands of the Pacific for good harbours for future English use; and then to pass along the northwest coast of America to find, if possible, a sea passage from the Pacific Ocean to Hudson’s or Baffin’s Bay.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	appeal	appeal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	Admiralty	Admiralty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	Captain	Captain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Cook	Cook	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	enter	enter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
17	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
19	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	20	amod	_	_
20	voyage	voyage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	July	July	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	1776	1776	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	22	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
26	with	with	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
29	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
30	restoring	restore	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	28	acl	_	_
31	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	32	det	_	_
32	natives	native	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	obj	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
35	Society	Society	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	compound	_	_
36	Islands	Island	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	32	nmod	_	_
37	to	to	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	41	punct	_	_
41	examining	examine	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
42	islands	island	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	obj	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	_
46	for	for	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	_
48	harbours	harbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	obl	_	_
49	for	for	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
50	future	future	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
51	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
55	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	57	advmod	_	_
56	to	to	PART	TO	_	57	mark	_	_
57	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
58	along	along	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
60	northwest	northwest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	61	amod	_	_
61	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obl	_	_
62	of	of	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
63	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	nmod	_	_
64	to	to	PART	TO	_	65	mark	_	_
65	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	57	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
67	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	68	mark	_	_
68	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	65	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	72	punct	_	_
70	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
71	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	72	compound	_	_
72	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obl	_	_
73	from	from	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
74	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	76	det	_	_
75	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	76	compound	_	_
76	Ocean	Ocean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	72	nmod	_	_
77	to	to	ADP	IN	_	83	case	_	_
78	Hudson	Hudson	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	83	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	’s	's	PART	POS	_	78	case	_	_
80	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	81	cc	_	_
81	Baffin	Baffin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	83	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
82	’s	's	PART	POS	_	81	case	_	_
83	Bay	Bay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	72	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past | response to a appeal from the British Admiralty and Captain Cook | England |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent england=Theme |
| 2 | **enter** | to-infinitive | response to a appeal from the British Admiralty and Captain Cook *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon response's third voyage in July; with the purpose | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **restore** | gerund | the purpose *not said here* | some natives of the Society Islands | Islands's home |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent native=Theme to home=Recipient |
| 4 | **examine** | gerund | response to a appeal from the British Admiralty and Captain Cook *not said here* | islands of the Pacific |  |  |  | for good harbours for future English use | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent island=Theme for harbour=Attribute |
| 5 | **pass** | to-infinitive | response to a appeal from the British Admiralty and Captain Cook *not said here* | a sea passage from the Pacific Ocean to Hudson's Baffin Bay |  | the northwest coast of America | then |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme along coast=Location |
| 6 | **find** | to-infinitive | response to a appeal from the British Admiralty and Captain Cook *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **voyage** |  | response |  |  |  |  | in July | nom voyage «act transitive»: poss=agent in=obl |

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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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