--- title: He passed around a corner of the island and planned to surprise the… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: He passed around a corner of the island and planned to surprise the natives of a noted fishing-ground, hoping to make captives and secure booty from some of the warriors against whom the recent battle had been fought. Who acts: pursuit. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. 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Westervelt, The Law of the Splintered Paddle. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (pursuit), 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:pg66357:18:79 # text = He passed around a corner of the island and planned to surprise the natives of a noted fishing-ground, hoping to make captives and secure booty from some of the warriors against whom the recent battle had been fought. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 around around ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 planned plan VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 surprise surprise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 natives native NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 17 noted note VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 amod _ _ 18 fishing fishing NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 captives captive NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 secure secure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 booty booty NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 28 nmod _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 34 against against ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nmod _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 recent recent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 fought fight VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past | pursuit | | | a corner of the island | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme around corner=Location | | 2 | **plan** | participle | pursuit *not said here* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **surprise** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | pursuit *not said here* | the natives of a noted fishing ground | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus native=Experiencer | | 4 | **note** | participle | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **hope** | gerund | pursuit *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | pursuit *not said here* | captives and secure booty from some of the warriors | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset captive=Product | | 7 | **fight** | past · perfect · passive | | the recent battle | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Agent | 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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/18/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/18/80/) - ↑ back to [The Law of the Splintered Paddle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/18/)