--- title: When they saw peculiar and large “cocoanuts” (probably melons) lying… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: When they saw peculiar and large “cocoanuts” (probably melons) lying on the deck, they said, “This is the fruit of a sorceress, or mischief-maker of the ocean, who has been killed.” Who acts: Hawaiians, peculiar, This. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Hawaiians, peculiar, This), 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:pg66357:12:46 # text = When they saw peculiar and large “cocoanuts” (probably melons) lying on the deck, they said, “This is the fruit of a sorceress, or mischief-maker of the ocean, who has been killed.” 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 4 peculiar peculiar NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 cocoanuts cocoanut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 10 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 probably probably ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 melons melon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 12 punct _ _ 14 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 deck deck NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 ccomp _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 sorceress sorceress NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 or or CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 mischief mischief NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 maker maker NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 ccomp _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 ocean ocean NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Hawaiians *= hawaiian* | peculiar and large cocoanuts | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer peculiar=Stimulus | | 2 | **lie** | gerund | peculiar and large cocoanuts *not said here* | | | the deck | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on deck=Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Hawaiians *= hawaiian* | | | | | mischief maker of the ocean *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | This | the fruit | | | | of a sorceress | tree rules | | 5 | **kill** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | mischief maker of the ocean | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/12/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/12/47/) - ↑ back to [Captain Cook](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/12/)