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title: Then in June, 1825, a booklet, 4 pages, called—“He olelo a ke Akua,”… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: Then in June, 1825, a booklet, 4 pages, called—“He olelo a ke Akua,” or “Selected Scriptures,” was probably printed on the same demy with “He ui,” or “A catechism,” 8 pages—each 7,000 copies. Who acts: article. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, First Hawaiian Printing,
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, First Hawaiian Printing, sentence 47

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Then in June, 1825, a booklet, 4 pages, called—“He olelo a ke Akua,” or “Selected Scriptures,” was probably printed on the same demy with “He ui,” or “A catechism,” 8 pages—each 7,000 copies.

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**Who acts:** article · **What happens:** call, olelo, select, print · **To what, where:** 4 pages, ke, Selected Scriptures, same demy · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (article), 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:pg66357:20:47
# text = Then in June, 1825, a booklet, 4 pages, called—“He olelo a ke Akua,” or “Selected Scriptures,” was probably printed on the same demy with “He ui,” or “A catechism,” 8 pages—each 7,000 copies.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	June	June	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	1825	1825	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	booklet	booklet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	pages	page	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	olelo	olelo	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	ke	ke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	Akua	Akua	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
23	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
24	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	Selected	select	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	26	amod	_	_
26	Scriptures	Scripture	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	31	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	26	punct	_	_
29	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	aux:pass	_	_
30	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
31	printed	print	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	conj	_	_
32	on	on	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	demy	demy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
36	with	with	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	39	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
39	ui	ui	NOUN	FW	Foreign=Yes	35	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	39	punct	_	_
42	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
43	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	45	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	catechism	catechism	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	49	punct	_	_
48	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	49	nummod	_	_
49	pages	page	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	49	appos	_	_
52	7,000	7000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	53	nummod	_	_
53	copies	copy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | participle |  | 4 pages *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **olelo** *in a quote* | past | article | a ke |  |  | june | 8 pages *parataxis* | tree rules |
| 3 | **select** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **print** | past · passive |  | Selected Scriptures |  | the same demy and ui  article or a catechism |  | probably *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on demy=Destination |

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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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