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title: This was in 1775, at the same time that in America the “Boston tea p… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: This was in 1775, at the same time that in America the “Boston tea party” and Battle of Bunker’s Hill were being followed by the struggle for freedom on the part of England’s colonies. Who acts: This, struggle. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, The Alapa Regiment, with
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Alapa Regiment, sentence 51

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This was in 1775, at the same time that in America the “Boston tea party” and Battle of Bunker’s Hill were being followed by the struggle for freedom on the part of England’s colonies.

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**Who acts:** This, struggle · **What happens:** be, follow · **To what, where:** 1775, Boston tea party, America

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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 (This, struggle), 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:pg66357:14:51
# text = This was in 1775, at the same time that in America the “Boston tea party” and Battle of Bunker’s Hill were being followed by the struggle for freedom on the part of England’s colonies.
1	This	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	1775	1775	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	27	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
14	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	Boston	Boston	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
16	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	Battle	Battle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	Bunker	Bunker	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	’s	's	PART	POS	_	22	case	_	_
24	Hill	Hill	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
25	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux:pass	_	_
26	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	27	aux:pass	_	_
27	followed	follow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	_
28	by	by	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	struggle	struggle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	_
31	for	for	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	freedom	freedom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
33	on	on	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	’s	's	PART	POS	_	37	case	_	_
39	colonies	colony	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | This |  |  | 1775 | time |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **follow** | past · passive | the struggle for freedom on the part of England's colonies | the Boston tea party and Battle of Bunker's Hill |  | America | the same time |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: agent=Agent subject=Theme that=Attribute |

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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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