--- title: He sailed through the “dotted sea,” the sea with many islands lying… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: He sailed through the “dotted sea,” the sea with many islands lying near his old ancestral home, “the rainy Zaba”—the modern Zaba or Saba of the Arabian seacoast—from which his own name, “Hawa,” is easily derived. Who acts: loa, many islands, modern Zaba. 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D. Westervelt, A Viking of the Pacific. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (loa, many islands, modern Zaba), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg66357:5:39 # text = He sailed through the “dotted sea,” the sea with many islands lying near his old ancestral home, “the rainy Zaba”—the modern Zaba or Saba of the Arabian seacoast—from which his own name, “Hawa,” is easily derived. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sailed sail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 through through SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 dotted dot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 7 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 15 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 acl _ _ 16 near near ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 18 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 19 ancestral ancestral ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 rainy rainy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 Zaba Zaba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ” " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 — - PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 modern modern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 Zaba Zaba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 appos _ _ 31 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 Saba Saba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 Arabian Arabian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 seacoast seacoast NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 — - PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 “ " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 Hawa Hawa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ 48 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux:pass _ _ 49 easily easily ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 derived derive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sail** | past | loa | the sea | | | | with many islands | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **dot** *in a quote* | past | loa *not said here* | sea | | | | | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sea=Destination | | 3 | **lie** | gerund | many islands *not said here* | | | loa's old ancestral home | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near home=Location | | 4 | **name** | | the modern Zaba or Saba of the Arabian seacoast | | | | | loa *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 5 | **derive** | present · passive | | the rainy Zaba | | | | easily *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | 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. **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. - ← previous: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/5/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/5/40/) - ↑ back to [A Viking of the Pacific](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/5/)