--- title: Those who had stood the test of javelin-throwing were formed in line… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: Those who had stood the test of javelin-throwing were formed in line that each one might, without delay, step to the head of the track and roll his disc, pass on and permit another to take his place. Who acts: test, delay. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, The Sons of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/7/189/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Hawaiian Historical Legends](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/) / [The Sons of Kii](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/7/) / 189 # Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Sons of Kii, sentence 189 Those who had stood the test of javelin-throwing were formed in line that each one might, without delay, step to the head of the track and roll his disc, pass on and permit another to take his place. **Who acts:** test, delay · **What happens:** stand, throw, form, roll, pass on, permit · **To what, where:** test, Those, line, disc, head, another 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 (test, delay), 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:pg66357:7:189 # text = Those who had stood the test of javelin-throwing were formed in line that each one might, without delay, step to the head of the track and roll his disc, pass on and permit another to take his place. 1 Those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 stood stand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 javelin javelin NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 throwing throw VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 formed form VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 without without ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 delay delay NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 track track NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 roll roll VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 disc disc NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 pass pass VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 36 on on ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 permit permit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 39 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 38 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past · perfect | | the test | | | | who *nsubj* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer test=Stimulus | | 2 | **throw** | gerund | the test *not said here* | | | | | javelin *compound* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **form** | past · passive | | Those | | line | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **roll** | infinitive | delay and step | stone's disc | | the head of the track | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent disc=Theme to head=Trajectory | | 5 | **pass on** | infinitive | delay and step *not said here* | | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **permit** | infinitive | delay and step *not said here* | another | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer another=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | delay and step *not said here* | stone's place | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | 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 188](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/7/188/) - next →: [sentence 190](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/7/190/) - ↑ back to [The Sons of Kii](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/7/)