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title: Although these impressions were merely proof sheets, probably, of th… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: Although these impressions were merely proof sheets, probably, of the first half of the spelling book, yet the large number printed and put in use, nearly 100 in all, would make this the first item printed. Who acts: impressions, large number, this. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. 
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, First Hawaiian Printing, sentence 22

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Although these impressions were merely proof sheets, probably, of the first half of the spelling book, yet the large number printed and put in use, nearly 100 in all, would make this the first item printed.

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**Who acts:** impressions, large number, this · **What happens:** be, print, put, make · **To what, where:** proof sheets, large number, use, this

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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 (impressions, large number, this), 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:pg66357:20:22
# text = Although these impressions were merely proof sheets, probably, of the first half of the spelling book, yet the large number printed and put in use, nearly 100 in all, would make this the first item printed.
1	Although	although	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
2	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	impressions	impression	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	merely	merely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	proof	proof	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sheets	sheet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	14	amod	_	_
14	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	7	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
20	yet	yet	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	_
24	printed	print	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	acl	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	conj	_	_
27	in	in	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
30	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
31	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	28	appos	_	_
32	in	in	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
35	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
36	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	_
37	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	36	obj	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
39	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	40	amod	_	_
40	item	item	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	_
41	printed	print	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	36	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | this impressions | proof sheets |  |  |  | of the first half of the spelling book; merely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **print** | participle |  | the large number *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **put** | participle |  |  |  | use |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in use=Destination |
| 4 | **make** | would | the large number | this |  |  |  | the first item *obj* | tree rules |
| 5 | **print** | participle | this *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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