--- title: The Vikings, “sea kings,” as they are often named, the “wickel-ings,… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: The Vikings, “sea kings,” as they are often named, the “wickel-ings,” as Froude calls them, the men who sailed out from the “vicks,” the fjords of the Scandinavian coast, were brave mariners. Who acts: Vikings, Froude, men. 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 (Vikings, Froude, men), 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:pg66357:5:9 # text = The Vikings, “sea kings,” as they are often named, the “wickel-ings,” as Froude calls them, the men who sailed out from the “vicks,” the fjords of the Scandinavian coast, were brave mariners. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Vikings Viking PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 12 often often ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 wickel wickel NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ings ing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ” " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 Froude Froude PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 calls call VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 appos _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 sailed sail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 out out ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 “ " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 vicks vick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 fjords fjord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 Scandinavian scandinavian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 coast coast NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 45 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 46 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 mariners mariner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **name** | present · passive | the Vikings the fjords of the Scandinavian coast and sea kings *not said here* | Vikings *= viking* | | | | often *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **call** | present | Froude | Vikings *= viking* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 3 | **sail out** | past | the men | | | the vicks | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent from vick=Trajectory | | 4 | **is a** | past | the Vikings the fjords of the Scandinavian coast and sea kings | brave mariners | | | | | tree rules | 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. 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