--- title: Edward Tregear, of New Zealand, writing about the original home of t… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: Edward Tregear, of New Zealand, writing about the original home of the Polynesians, thinks that their first residence was either India or Central Asia, from whence they passed through India, there making a stay of some time. Who acts: Edward Tregear, first residence, India, time. 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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 (Edward Tregear, first residence, India, time), 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:pg66357:6:45 # text = Edward Tregear, of New Zealand, writing about the original home of the Polynesians, thinks that their first residence was either India or Central Asia, from whence they passed through India, there making a stay of some time. 1 Edward Edward PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Tregear Tregear PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ _ 6 Zealand Zealand PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 writing write VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 original original ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Polynesians Polynesian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 17 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 21 amod _ _ 21 residence residence NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 either either CCONJ CC _ 24 cc:preconj _ _ 24 India India PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 ccomp _ _ 25 or or CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 Central Central PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 flat _ _ 27 Asia Asia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 from from SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 whence whence ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 33 through through ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 India India PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 37 expl _ _ 37 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 advcl _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 stay stay NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 42 det _ _ 42 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | gerund | Edward Tregear *not said here* | | | | | about the original home of the Polynesians | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about home=Topic | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Edward Tregear | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | Polynesians's first residence | India or Central Asia | | | | Central Asia *conj* | tree rules | | 4 | **pass** | past | India | | | India | | whence *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through india=Location | | 5 | **make** | gerund | India *not said here* | a stay of some time | | there | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset stay=Product | | 6 | **stay** | | some time | | | | | | nom stay «act intransitive»: of=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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/6/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/6/46/) - ↑ back to [Legendary Home of the Polynesians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/6/)