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title: An interesting prophecy concerning the completion of the Bible is fo… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: An interesting prophecy concerning the completion of the Bible is found in a writing book, where, under the date April 30, 1827, is the record of a conversation. Who acts: interesting prophecy, date. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, First Hawaiian Printing, with its d
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, First Hawaiian Printing, sentence 56

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An interesting prophecy concerning the completion of the Bible is found in a writing book, where, under the date April 30, 1827, is the record of a conversation.

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**Who acts:** interesting prophecy, date · **What happens:** concern, find, be, complete · **To what, where:** completion, interesting prophecy, writing book, record, Bible

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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 (interesting prophecy, date), 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:pg66357:20:56
# text = An interesting prophecy concerning the completion of the Bible is found in a writing book, where, under the date April 30, 1827, is the record of a conversation.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	interesting	interesting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	prophecy	prophecy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	completion	completion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
17	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	29	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	under	under	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	_
22	April	April	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod:unmarked	_	_
23	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	1827	1827	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	23	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
27	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	cop	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	record	record	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	appos	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	conversation	conversation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **concern** | gerund | a interesting prophecy *not said here* | the completion of the Bible |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus completion=Experiencer |
| 2 | **find** | present · passive |  | a interesting prophecy |  | a writing book |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 3 | **is a** | present | the date  30  April | the record |  |  |  | of a conversation | tree rules |
| 4 | **complete** |  |  | the Bible |  |  |  |  | nom completion «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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