--- title: It is well known that laws are applied sermons, but these laws are s… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: It is well known that laws are applied sermons, but these laws are sometimes primarily sermons, as the introduction to Act III well says: “A portion of this law is simply instruction and a portion is direct law. Who acts: laws, introduction, portion. 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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 (laws, introduction, portion), 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:pg66357:21:81 # text = It is well known that laws are applied sermons, but these laws are sometimes primarily sermons, as the introduction to Act III well says: “A portion of this law is simply instruction and a portion is direct law. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 4 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 ccomp _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 laws law NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 applied apply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 9 sermons sermon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 12 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 laws law NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 14 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 17 advmod _ _ 16 primarily primarily ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 sermons sermon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 as as ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 introduction introduction NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Act act VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl _ _ 24 III III NUM CD NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card 23 obj _ _ 25 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 advmod _ _ 26 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 27 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 simply simply ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 instruction instruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 ccomp _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 direct direct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present · passive | | industrious poor *= poor* | | | | the introduction *parataxis*; well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **apply** | present · passive | | laws | | | | sermons *obj* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme sermon=Destination | | 3 | **is a** | present | this laws | sermons | | | | primarily, sometimes *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **act** | infinitive | the introduction *not said here* | III | | | | well *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent iii=Eventuality | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | a portion of this law | instruction and direct law | | | | simply *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | a portion | direct law | | | | | tree rules | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/82/) - ↑ back to [The First Constitution](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/)