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title: For a time victory was with the invaders; the Maui forces were not p… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: For a time victory was with the invaders; the Maui forces were not prepared for the onset, but warriors were hastily assembled from all parts of the island. Who acts: invaders. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, The Alapa Regiment, with its dependency tree and the pragm
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Alapa Regiment, sentence 16

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For a time victory was with the invaders; the Maui forces were not prepared for the onset, but warriors were hastily assembled from all parts of the island.

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**Who acts:** invaders · **What happens:** be, not prepare, assemble · **To what, where:** Maui forces, warriors, parts

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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 (invaders), 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:pg66357:14:16
# text = For a time victory was with the invaders; the Maui forces were not prepared for the onset, but warriors were hastily assembled from all parts of the island.
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	victory	victory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	invaders	invader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Maui	Maui	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	forces	force	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	prepared	prepare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	appos	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	onset	onset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
20	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
21	warriors	warrior	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nsubj:pass	_	_
22	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux:pass	_	_
23	hastily	hastily	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	assembled	assemble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
25	from	from	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	27	det	_	_
27	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obl	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | with the invaders; for a time victory | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **prepare** | past · passive |  | the Maui forces |  |  |  | for the onset | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for onset=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **assemble** | past · passive | the invaders *not said here* | warriors |  | all parts of the island |  | hastily *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: subject=Product from part=Material |

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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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