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title: As the two young chiefs drew near they saw a small company of solemn… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: As the two young chiefs drew near they saw a small company of solemn, dignified men, evidently of high rank, emerge from the door of a large grass house and march slowly to the side of the long boat. Who acts: two young chiefs, chiefs, you. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Wester
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Sons of Kii, sentence 12

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As the two young chiefs drew near they saw a small company of solemn, dignified men, evidently of high rank, emerge from the door of a large grass house and march slowly to the side of the long boat.

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**Who acts:** two young chiefs, chiefs, you · **What happens:** draw, see, emerge · **To what, where:** small company, door

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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 (two young chiefs, chiefs, you), 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:pg66357:7:12
# text = As the two young chiefs drew near they saw a small company of solemn, dignified men, evidently of high rank, emerge from the door of a large grass house and march slowly to the side of the long boat.
1	As	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	chiefs	chief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	advcl	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	solemn	solemn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
16	dignified	dignified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
19	evidently	evidently	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	rank	rank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
24	emerge	emerge	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
25	from	from	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
30	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
31	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
32	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	march	march	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	conj	_	_
35	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	_
36	to	to	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
41	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	24	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past | the two young chiefs |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | past | chiefs *= chief* | a small company of solemn dignified men |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer company=Stimulus |
| 3 | **emerge** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the door of a large grass house and march |  | of high rank; to the side of the long boat; evidently *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme of rank=Initial\_Location from door=Destination |

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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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