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title: In 1842 an act was signed by the king and the premier, in which the… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: In 1842 an act was signed by the king and the premier, in which the evident intent is a lesson for the common people—a lesson to be enforced by contrasts. Who acts: king, evident intent, contrasts. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, The First Constitution, with its depe
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, The First Constitution, sentence 92

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In 1842 an act was signed by the king and the premier, in which the evident intent is a lesson for the common people—a lesson to be enforced by contrasts.

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**Who acts:** king, evident intent, contrasts · **What happens:** sign, be, enforce · **To what, where:** act, 1842, lesson

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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 (king, evident intent, contrasts), 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:pg66357:21:92
# text = In 1842 an act was signed by the king and the premier, in which the evident intent is a lesson for the common people—a lesson to be enforced by contrasts.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	1842	1842	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	signed	sign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	premier	premier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	obl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	evident	evident	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	intent	intent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
22	for	for	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
29	to	to	PART	TO	_	31	mark	_	_
30	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	aux:pass	_	_
31	enforced	enforce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	acl	_	_
32	by	by	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	contrasts	contrast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sign** | past · passive | the king and the premier and a lesson | a act |  | 1842 |  | a lesson *obl* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in 1842=Destination |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the evident intent | a lesson |  |  |  | in the king and the premier and a lesson; for the common people | tree rules |
| 3 | **enforce** | to-infinitive · passive | contrasts |  |  |  |  |  | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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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