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title: Sometime during the fifth or sixth century of the Christian era—acco… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: Sometime during the fifth or sixth century of the Christian era—according to estimates based on Hawaiian genealogies—two brothers, Ulu and Nanaulu, came to the Hawaiian Islands and established a dynasty of high chiefs. Who acts: fifth century. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Wes
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Sons of Kii, sentence 1

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Sometime during the fifth or sixth century of the Christian era—according to estimates based on Hawaiian genealogies—two brothers, Ulu and Nanaulu, came to the Hawaiian Islands and established a dynasty of high chiefs.

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**Who acts:** fifth century · **What happens:** accord, base, come, establish · **To what, where:** estimates, Hawaiian genealogies, Hawaiian Islands, dynasty

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, The Sons of Kii. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fifth century), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg66357:7:1
# text = Sometime during the fifth or sixth century of the Christian era—according to estimates based on Hawaiian genealogies—two brothers, Ulu and Nanaulu, came to the Hawaiian Islands and established a dynasty of high chiefs.
1	Sometime	sometime	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
2	during	during	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	fifth	fifth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sixth	sixth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	era	era	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	case	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	fixed	_	_
15	estimates	estimate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	nsubj	_	_
16	based	base	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	Hawaiian	hawaiian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	genealogies	genealogy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	22	nummod	_	_
22	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	Ulu	Ulu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	appos	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	Nanaulu	Nanaulu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
28	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
29	to	to	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	Hawaiian	Hawaiian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
32	Islands	Island	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	28	obl	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	established	establish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	conj	_	_
35	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	dynasty	dynasty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	chiefs	chief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	28	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **base** | participle |  | estimates *not said here* |  | Hawaiian genealogies |  |  | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on genealogy=Source |
| 3 | **come** | past | the fifth century of the Christian era |  |  | the Hawaiian Islands |  | estimates *nsubj* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to island=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **establish** | past | the fifth century of the Christian era *not said here* | a dynasty of high chiefs |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dynasty=Patient |

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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.

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**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.

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