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title: The “ivory” was usually made into a “hooked ornament” with a large h… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: The “ivory” was usually made into a “hooked ornament” with a large hole almost in the middle, through which was passed a large number of strings of human hairs, thus forming a necklace unique and costly. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, King Kahahana, About 1773, with
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, King Kahahana, About 1773, sentence 21

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The “ivory” was usually made into a “hooked ornament” with a large hole almost in the middle, through which was passed a large number of strings of human hairs, thus forming a necklace unique and costly.

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**What happens:** make, pass, form · **To what, where:** ivory, hooked ornament, large number, necklace

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, King Kahahana, About 1773. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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:pg66357:13:21
# text = The “ivory” was usually made into a “hooked ornament” with a large hole almost in the middle, through which was passed a large number of strings of human hairs, thus forming a necklace unique and costly.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	ivory	ivory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	hooked	hooked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	ornament	ornament	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
18	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
23	through	through	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	26	obl	_	_
25	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux:pass	_	_
26	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	strings	string	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	nmod	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	hairs	hair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
37	forming	form	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	26	advcl	_	_
38	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	necklace	necklace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	_
40	unique	unique	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	xcomp	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	costly	costly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | the ivory |  | a hooked ornament with a large hole in the middle |  | usually *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into ornament=Product |
| 2 | **pass** | past · passive |  | a large number of strings of human hairs |  |  |  | which *obl* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: number=Theme through which=Destination |
| 3 | **form** | gerund |  | a necklace |  |  |  | thus, unique *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location necklace=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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