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title: This Provisional Government, with President Dole at its head, under… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: This Provisional Government, with President Dole at its head, under the old Hawaiian flag, was at once recognised, under date of January 17, as the “de facto government of the Hawaiian Islands,” by Minister Stevens of the United States. Who acts: de government. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Leg
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Hawaiian Flag, sentence 124

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This Provisional Government, with President Dole at its head, under the old Hawaiian flag, was at once recognised, under date of January 17, as the “de facto government of the Hawaiian Islands,” by Minister Stevens of the United States.

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**Who acts:** de government · **What happens:** recognise · **To what, where:** Provisional Government, date

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, The Hawaiian Flag. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (de government), 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:pg66357:22:124
# text = This Provisional Government, with President Dole at its head, under the old Hawaiian flag, was at once recognised, under date of January 17, as the “de facto government of the Hawaiian Islands,” by Minister Stevens of the United States.
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	Provisional	provisional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	President	President	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:desc	_	_
7	Dole	Dole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	under	under	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	Hawaiian	hawaiian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	flag	flag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux:pass	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	21	obl	_	_
21	recognised	recognise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	under	under	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	January	January	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
27	17	17	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	26	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
29	as	as	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
31	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	34	amod	_	_
33	facto	facto	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	32	flat	_	_
34	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl:agent	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	Hawaiian	Hawaiian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	compound	_	_
38	Islands	Island	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	34	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	38	punct	_	_
41	by	by	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	Minister	Minister	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	nmod:desc	_	_
43	Stevens	Stevens	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
46	United	United	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	States	State	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	43	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recognise** | past · passive | the de government of the Hawaiian Islands by Stevens  Minister of the United States | this Provisional Government and the old Hawaiian flag |  | date of January  17 |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus |

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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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