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title: It is interesting to note the similarity of thought and language whe… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: It is interesting to note the similarity of thought and language when the leading principle of the Magna Charta is placed beside the supreme gift of the king granted in the Hawaiian Declaration of Rights. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, The First Constitution, with i
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, The First Constitution, sentence 43

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It is interesting to note the similarity of thought and language when the leading principle of the Magna Charta is placed beside the supreme gift of the king granted in the Hawaiian Declaration of Rights.

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**What happens:** be, note, lead, place, grant, gift · **To what, where:** similarity, leading principle, supreme gift, king, Hawaiian Declaration

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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: 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:pg66357:21:43
# text = It is interesting to note the similarity of thought and language when the leading principle of the Magna Charta is placed beside the supreme gift of the king granted in the Hawaiian Declaration of Rights.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	interesting	interesting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	note	note	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	csubj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	similarity	similarity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
12	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	21	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	leading	lead	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	amod	_	_
15	principle	principle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	Magna	Magna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	Charta	Charta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux:pass	_	_
21	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
22	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	supreme	supreme	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
29	granted	grant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	acl	_	_
30	in	in	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	Hawaiian	Hawaiian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	compound	_	_
33	Declaration	Declaration	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	Rights	Right	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	33	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | interesting *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **note** | to-infinitive |  | the similarity of thought and language |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent similarity=Topic |
| 3 | **lead** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 4 | **place** | present · passive |  | the leading principle of the Magna Charta |  | the supreme gift of the king |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme beside gift=Destination |
| 5 | **grant** | participle |  | the king *not said here* |  | the Hawaiian Declaration of Rights |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **gift** |  |  | the king |  |  |  |  | nom gift «possession 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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