--- title: Those who have known the Waikiki beach of to-day with its splendidly… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: Those who have known the Waikiki beach of to-day with its splendidly wooded shores, the luxuriant park inland, the plains covered with trees, and the lower mountain ridges choked with lantana bushes, cannot realise the desolate wastes of the past. Who acts: lower mountain ridges. 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D. Westervelt, The Eight of Oahu. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lower mountain ridges), 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:pg66357:16:23 # text = Those who have known the Waikiki beach of to-day with its splendidly wooded shores, the luxuriant park inland, the plains covered with trees, and the lower mountain ridges choked with lantana bushes, cannot realise the desolate wastes of the past. 1 Those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 0 root _ _ 2 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Waikiki Waikiki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 14 splendidly splendidly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 15 wooded wood VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 amod _ _ 16 shores shore NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 luxuriant luxuriant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 park park NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 21 inland inland ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 plains plain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ _ 25 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 31 lower low ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 33 amod _ _ 32 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 ridges ridge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 34 choked choke VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 lantana lantana NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 39 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 realise realise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 desolate desolate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 compound _ _ 44 wastes waste NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 past past NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present · perfect · passive | | the Waikiki beach of day with chance's splendidly wooded shores | | | | who *nsubj:pass* | tree rules | | 2 | **wood** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **cover** | participle | | the plains *not said here* | | | | with trees | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with tree=Theme | | 4 | **choke** | participle | | the lower mountain ridges *not said here* | | | | with lantana bushes | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with bush=Theme | | 5 | **not** **realise** | can | the lower mountain ridges | the desolate wastes of the past | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **desolate** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/16/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/16/24/) - ↑ back to [The Eight of Oahu](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/16/)