--- title: In the Hawaiian Islands the point from which the ancient voyages sai… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: In the Hawaiian Islands the point from which the ancient voyages sailed away to visit the other groups of islands of the Pacific was off the western coast of the island of Maui and was called Ke-ala-i-kahiki, The Path to Tahiti. Who acts: ancient voyages, other groups. 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D. Westervelt, Legendary Home of the Polynesians. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ancient voyages, other groups), 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:pg66357:6:30 # text = In the Hawaiian Islands the point from which the ancient voyages sailed away to visit the other groups of islands of the Pacific was off the western coast of the island of Maui and was called Ke-ala-i-kahiki, The Path to Tahiti. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Hawaiian Hawaiian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 Islands Island PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 voyages voyage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 sailed sail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 13 away away ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 groups group NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Pacific Pacific PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 25 off off ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 western western ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 coast coast NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 ccomp _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Maui Maui PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 37 Ke Ke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ala ala NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 i i NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 kahiki kahiki NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Path Path PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 appos _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 Tahiti Tahiti PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sail away** | past | the ancient voyages | | | the point | | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent from which=Trajectory | | 2 | **visit** | to-infinitive | the ancient voyages *not said here* | | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | the other groups of islands of the Pacific | | | | | off the western coast; of the island of Maui | tree rules | | 4 | **call** | past · passive | the ancient voyages *not said here* | ala i kahiki | | | | Ke *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V» | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/6/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/6/31/) - ↑ back to [Legendary Home of the Polynesians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/6/)