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title: This was the fourth time that a far-away representative of a foreign… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: This was the fourth time that a far-away representative of a foreign power had felt certain that his annexation of Hawaii would be joyfully received by his home government. Who acts: This, home government. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, The Hawaiian Flag, with its d
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Hawaiian Flag, sentence 127

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This was the fourth time that a far-away representative of a foreign power had felt certain that his annexation of Hawaii would be joyfully received by his home government.

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**Who acts:** This, home government · **What happens:** be, feel, receive · **To what, where:** fourth time, representative, annexation

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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 (This, home 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:pg66357:22:127
# text = This was the fourth time that a far-away representative of a foreign power had felt certain that his annexation of Hawaii would be joyfully received by his home government.
1	This	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fourth	fourth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	obj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	representative	representative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	foreign	foreign	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	felt	feel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
18	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	xcomp	_	_
19	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	annexation	annexation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	Hawaii	Hawaii	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
24	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
25	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	aux:pass	_	_
26	joyfully	joyfully	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
27	received	receive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	advcl	_	_
28	by	by	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
29	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	_
30	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	compound	_	_
31	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | This | the fourth time |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **feel** | past · perfect · passive |  | a representative of a foreign power |  |  | the fourth time | certain *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme that=Eventuality |
| 3 | **receive** | would · passive | Stevens's home government | Stevens's annexation of Hawaii |  |  |  | joyfully *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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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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