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title: Nevertheless, it is a somewhat remarkable fact that men of such limi… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: Nevertheless, it is a somewhat remarkable fact that men of such limited civilisation as the king and chiefs should have been willing to voluntarily give up so large a use of power as is marked in the adoption of such a radically new form of government as arose in 1839–1840. Who acts: much, men. A se
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, The First Constitution, sentence 25

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Nevertheless, it is a somewhat remarkable fact that men of such limited civilisation as the king and chiefs should have been willing to voluntarily give up so large a use of power as is marked in the adoption of such a radically new form of government as arose in 1839–1840.

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**Who acts:** much, men · **What happens:** be, give up, mark, use, adopt, form · **To what, where:** remarkable fact, large use, adoption, power, new form, government

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, The First Constitution. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (much, men), 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:pg66357:21:25
# text = Nevertheless, it is a somewhat remarkable fact that men of such limited civilisation as the king and chiefs should have been willing to voluntarily give up so large a use of power as is marked in the adoption of such a radically new form of government as arose in 1839–1840.
1	Nevertheless	nevertheless	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	somewhat	somewhat	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	remarkable	remarkable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
10	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nsubj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	limited	limited	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	civilisation	civilisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	chiefs	chief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	_
20	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
21	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	aux	_	_
22	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	23	cop	_	_
23	willing	willing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	parataxis	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	_	_
25	voluntarily	voluntarily	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	xcomp	_	_
27	up	up	ADP	RP	_	26	compound:prt	_	_
28	so	so	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
29	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
30	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	_
34	as	as	ADP	IN	_	23	fixed	_	_
35	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	36	aux:pass	_	_
36	marked	mark	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
37	in	in	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	adoption	adoption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
41	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	45	det:predet	_	_
42	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
43	radically	radically	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	_
44	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	_
48	as	as	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	arose	arose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	_
50	in	in	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	1839	1839	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	36	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	–	-	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	1840	1840	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	51	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	36	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | much | a remarkable fact |  |  |  | nevertheless *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | should · perfect | men of such limited civilisation as the king and chiefs |  |  |  |  | willing *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **give up** | to-infinitive | men of such limited civilisation as the king and chiefs *not said here* | a large use of power |  |  |  | voluntarily *property* | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent use=Source |
| 4 | **mark** | present · passive |  | a remarkable fact |  | the adoption of such new form of government as arose |  | in 1839 | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: subject=Theme in adoption=Destination |
| 5 | **use** |  |  | power |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 6 | **adopt** |  |  | such new form of government as arose |  |  |  |  | nom adoption «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 7 | **form** |  |  | government |  |  |  | as arose | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient as=obl |

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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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