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title: As time passed, President Cleveland’s desire to restore the monarchy… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: As time passed, President Cleveland’s desire to restore the monarchy became more and more apparent, and under the same old Hawaiian colours, “on July 4, 1894, the Constitution of the Republic of Hawaii was promulgated,” and all designs for United States interference were thwarted. Who acts: desire, 
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Hawaiian Flag, sentence 142

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As time passed, President Cleveland’s desire to restore the monarchy became more and more apparent, and under the same old Hawaiian colours, “on July 4, 1894, the Constitution of the Republic of Hawaii was promulgated,” and all designs for United States interference were thwarted.

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**Who acts:** desire, President · **What happens:** pass, restore, become, promulgate, thwart, desire · **To what, where:** monarchy, Constitution, same old Hawaiian colours

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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 (desire, President), 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:pg66357:22:142
# text = As time passed, President Cleveland’s desire to restore the monarchy became more and more apparent, and under the same old Hawaiian colours, “on July 4, 1894, the Constitution of the Republic of Hawaii was promulgated,” and all designs for United States interference were thwarted.
1	As	as	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	President	President	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	_
6	Cleveland	Cleveland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	’s	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
8	desire	desire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	restore	restore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	monarchy	monarchy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	13	advmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	17	advmod	_	_
17	apparent	apparent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
20	under	under	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
22	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
23	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
24	Hawaiian	hawaiian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
27	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	on	on	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	July	July	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nmod:unmarked	_	_
30	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	25	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
32	1894	1894	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	30	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	Constitution	Constitution	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	nsubj:pass	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	Republic	Republic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	Hawaii	Hawaii	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	_
41	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	aux:pass	_	_
42	promulgated	promulgate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	42	punct	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
46	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	47	det	_	_
47	designs	design	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	conj	_	_
48	for	for	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
49	United	United	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
50	States	State	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	51	compound	_	_
51	interference	interference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nmod	_	_
52	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	aux:pass	_	_
53	thwarted	thwart	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | participle | President's desire *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **restore** | to-infinitive | President's desire *not said here* | the monarchy |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent monarchy=Theme |
| 3 | **become** | past | President's desire |  |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **promulgate** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past · passive |  | the Constitution of the Republic of Hawaii |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
| 5 | **thwart** | past · passive |  | the same old Hawaiian colours and all designs for States interference |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **desire** |  | President |  |  |  |  |  | nom desire «feeling transitive»: poss=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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