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title: In the act of the Legislature and House of Nobles signed by the king… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: In the act of the Legislature and House of Nobles signed by the king November 9, 1840, three forms of taxation are specified—the poll tax, the land tax, and the labour tax. Who acts: Legislature. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, The First Constitution, with its depend
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, The First Constitution, sentence 61

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In the act of the Legislature and House of Nobles signed by the king November 9, 1840, three forms of taxation are specified—the poll tax, the land tax, and the labour tax.

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**Who acts:** Legislature · **What happens:** sign, specify, act, form · **To what, where:** three forms, act, taxation

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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 (Legislature), 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:pg66357:21:61
# text = In the act of the Legislature and House of Nobles signed by the king November 9, 1840, three forms of taxation are specified—the poll tax, the land tax, and the labour tax.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Legislature	Legislature	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	House	House	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Nobles	Noble	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	signed	sign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	advcl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
15	November	November	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod:unmarked	_	_
16	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	25	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	1840	1840	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
20	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	nummod	_	_
21	forms	form	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nsubj:pass	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	taxation	taxation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
24	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux:pass	_	_
25	specified	specify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	poll	poll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	compound	_	_
29	tax	tax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	compound	_	_
33	tax	tax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	labour	labour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	compound	_	_
38	tax	tax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	25	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sign** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **specify** | present · passive |  | three forms of taxation |  | the act of the Legislature and House of Nobles |  | the poll tax and the land tax and the labour tax *obl*; 9 by the king  November *parataxis* | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **act** |  | the Legislature and House of Nobles |  |  |  |  |  | nom act «communication intransitive»: of=agent |
| 4 | **form** |  |  | taxation |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication 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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