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title: The lesson learned concerning the harbour dues was probably worth al… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: The lesson learned concerning the harbour dues was probably worth all that was lost, although the king lived less than two years afterwards to enjoy his new source of income. Who acts: lesson, concerning, king. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, The Hawaiian Flag, with 
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Hawaiian Flag, sentence 53

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The lesson learned concerning the harbour dues was probably worth all that was lost, although the king lived less than two years afterwards to enjoy his new source of income.

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**Who acts:** lesson, concerning, king · **What happens:** learn, concern, be, lose, live, enjoy · **To what, where:** harbour dues, new source · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (lesson, concerning, king), 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:pg66357:22:53
# text = The lesson learned concerning the harbour dues was probably worth all that was lost, although the king lived less than two years afterwards to enjoy his new source of income.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	learned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	harbour	harbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	dues	due	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	obj	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	although	although	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
20	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	19	advmod	_	_
21	than	than	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	23	nummod	_	_
23	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	_
24	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
25	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	_	_
26	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	advcl	_	_
27	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
28	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	income	income	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | past | the lesson |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund |  | the harbour dues |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus due=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | past | concerning |  |  |  |  | probably, worth *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **lose** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 5 | **live** | past | the king |  |  |  | year | afterwards, less *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **enjoy** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | king's new source of income |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer source=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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