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title: The pattern flag, the first one made, was afterward “fashioned into… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: The pattern flag, the first one made, was afterward “fashioned into a child’s frock and worn on special occasions by each one of the children in succession, and was long preserved as an heirloom in the family.” Who acts: pattern flag. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, 
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Hawaiian Flag, sentence 38

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The pattern flag, the first one made, was afterward “fashioned into a child’s frock and worn on special occasions by each one of the children in succession, and was long preserved as an heirloom in the family.”

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**Who acts:** pattern flag · **What happens:** make, be, wear, preserve · **To what, where:** first one, frock, special occasions

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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 (pattern flag), 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:pg66357:22:38
# text = The pattern flag, the first one made, was afterward “fashioned into a child’s frock and worn on special occasions by each one of the children in succession, and was long preserved as an heirloom in the family.”
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	pattern	pattern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	flag	flag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	afterward	afterward	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
14	into	into	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	’s	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	frock	frock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	conj	_	_
21	on	on	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	occasions	occasion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	_
24	by	by	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	26	det	_	_
26	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nmod	_	_
30	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	succession	succession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
34	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	aux:pass	_	_
35	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	36	advmod	_	_
36	preserved	preserve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	conj	_	_
37	as	as	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	heirloom	heirloom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
40	in	in	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | the first one *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the pattern flag |  |  | a child's frock |  | afterward, fashioned *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **wear** *in a quote* | participle | the pattern flag *not said here* |  |  | special occasions |  | by each one of the children in succession | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **preserve** *in a quote* | past · passive | the pattern flag *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as a heirloom in the family; long *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING» |

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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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