--- title: His descendants, or at least such portion of his family as did not f… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: His descendants, or at least such portion of his family as did not follow him on his voyage, seem to have moved from Java to the Molucca Islands and settled in Jilolo. Who acts: such portion, descendants, chief. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. 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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 (such portion, descendants, chief), 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:pg66357:5:47 # text = His descendants, or at least such portion of his family as did not follow him on his voyage, seem to have moved from Java to the Molucca Islands and settled in Jilolo. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 descendants descendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 nmod _ _ 7 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 voyage voyage NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 21 seem seem VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 23 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux _ _ 24 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 xcomp _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Java Java PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 Molucca Molucca PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 Islands Island PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 settled settle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Jilolo Jilolo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **follow** | past · do-support | such portion at least of chief's family *not said here* | chief | | chief's voyage | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme on voyage=Trajectory | | 2 | **seem** | present | chief's descendants such portion at least of chief's family | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 3 | **move** | to-infinitive · perfect | chief's descendants such portion at least of chief's family *not said here* | | the Molucca Islands | Java | | | vn slide-11.2 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from java=Initial\_Location to island=Destination | | 4 | **settle** | past | chief's descendants such portion at least of chief's family *not said here* | | | Jilolo | | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in jilolo=Location | | 5 | **voyage** | | chief | | | | | | nom voyage «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/5/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/5/48/) - ↑ back to [A Viking of the Pacific](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/5/)