--- title: If they found themselves in opposing ranks, and one was taken prison… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: If they found themselves in opposing ranks, and one was taken prisoner, his friend was bound to obtain his freedom, and there is no record in all the legends and traditions that this singular friendship ever made default.” Who acts: men, friend, record. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/14/102/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Hawaiian Historical Legends](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/) / [The Alapa Regiment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/14/) / 102 # Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Alapa Regiment, sentence 102 If they found themselves in opposing ranks, and one was taken prisoner, his friend was bound to obtain his freedom, and there is no record in all the legends and traditions that this singular friendship ever made default.” **Who acts:** men, friend, record · **What happens:** find, oppose, take, be, obtain, make · **To what, where:** men, ranks, one, freedom, singular friendship This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, The Alapa Regiment. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (men, friend, record), 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:pg66357:14:102 # text = If they found themselves in opposing ranks, and one was taken prisoner, his friend was bound to obtain his freedom, and there is no record in all the legends and traditions that this singular friendship ever made default.” 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obj _ _ 5 in in SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 opposing oppose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 7 ranks rank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 13 prisoner prisoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 bound bound ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 csubj _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 freedom freedom NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 26 expl _ _ 26 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 27 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 28 det _ _ 28 record record NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 32 det:predet _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 legends legend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 traditions tradition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 obj _ _ 36 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 det _ _ 37 singular singular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 friendship friendship NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 40 advmod _ _ 40 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 41 default default NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | men *= man* | men *= man* | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Topic | | 2 | **oppose** | gerund | men *= man* *not said here* | ranks | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rank=Patient | | 3 | **take** | past · passive | | one | | | | prisoner *xcomp* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | mast's friend | | | | | bound *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **obtain** | to-infinitive | | friend's freedom | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset freedom=Theme | | 6 | **be** | present | no record in all legends and traditions | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **make** | participle · passive | | this singular friendship | | | ever | all legends and traditions *obj*; default *xcomp* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary that=Product | 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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/14/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/14/103/) - ↑ back to [The Alapa Regiment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/14/)