--- title: A considerable number was present, and among those particularly inte… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: A considerable number was present, and among those particularly interested was Ke-au-moku (Gov. Cox) who after a little instruction by Mr. Loomis applied the strength of his athletic arm to the lever of a Ramage press, pleased thus to assist in working off a few impressions of the first lessons.” Wh --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/20/21/) [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/) / [First Hawaiian Printing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/20/) / 21 # Hawaiian Historical Legends, First Hawaiian Printing, sentence 21 A considerable number was present, and among those particularly interested was Ke-au-moku (Gov. Cox) who after a little instruction by Mr. Loomis applied the strength of his athletic arm to the lever of a Ramage press, pleased thus to assist in working off a few impressions of the first lessons.” **Who acts:** considerable number, Loomis · **What happens:** be, apply, assist, work off, instruct, impress · **To what, where:** Ke, strength, few impressions, first lessons This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, First Hawaiian Printing. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (considerable number, Loomis), 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:pg66357:20:21 # text = A considerable number was present, and among those particularly interested was Ke-au-moku (Gov. Cox) who after a little instruction by Mr. Loomis applied the strength of his athletic arm to the lever of a Ramage press, pleased thus to assist in working off a few impressions of the first lessons.” 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 considerable considerable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 among among ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 5 conj _ _ 10 particularly particularly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 interested interested ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 Ke Ke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 au au NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 moku moku X FW Foreign=Yes 15 appos _ _ 18 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Gov. Gov. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 Cox Cox PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 20 punct _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 23 after after ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 instruction instruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod:desc _ _ 29 Loomis Loomis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 applied apply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 athletic athletic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 lever lever NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 Ramage ramage NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 press press NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 parataxis _ _ 46 thus thus ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 assist assist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 advcl _ _ 49 in in SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 50 working work VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 advcl _ _ 51 off off ADP RP _ 50 compound:prt _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 impressions impression NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 58 amod _ _ 58 lessons lesson NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | a considerable number | | | | | those Ke au *conj*; present *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | past | | Ke | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **apply** | past | | the strength of Mr.'s athletic arm to the lever of a Ramage press | | | after a little instruction by Loomis Mr. | who *nsubj* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Theme | | 4 | **assist** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **work off** | gerund | | a few impressions of the first lessons | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent impression=Material | | 6 | **instruct** | | Loomis Mr. | | | | | | nom instruction «communication transitive»: by=agent | | 7 | **impress** | | | the first lessons | | | | | nom impression «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/20/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/20/22/) - ↑ back to [First Hawaiian Printing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/20/)