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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 (Bingham, prophecy, Bible), 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:pg66357:20:57 # text = Mr. Bingham says that it is the duty of the mission to complete a translation of the Bible in five years from this time and thinks that with circumstances as favourable as they now are it will be done. 1 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 Bingham Bingham PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 duty duty NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 mission mission NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 complete complete VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 translation translation NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Bible Bible PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 circumstances circumstance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 30 as as ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 favourable favourable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 ccomp _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 34 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 35 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Bingham Mr. | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** | present | prophecy | the duty | | | | of the mission | tree rules | | 3 | **complete** | to-infinitive | | a translation of the Bible | | | time; year | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent translation=Eventuality | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Bingham Mr. *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **do** | present · passive | | circumstances *= circumstance* | | | now | prophecy *nsubj:pass* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **translate** | | the Bible | | | | | | nom translation «communication intransitive»: of=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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/20/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/20/58/) - ↑ back to [First Hawaiian Printing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/20/)