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title: It has been suggested that Ulu remained in the southern islands and… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: It has been suggested that Ulu remained in the southern islands and that Nanaulu alone found his way to Hawaii; but the frequent use of the name Ulu in the genealogies of the chiefs of the two large islands, Hawaii and Maui, would support the position taken in the story that follows—that the brother
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Sons of Kii, sentence 5

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It has been suggested that Ulu remained in the southern islands and that Nanaulu alone found his way to Hawaii; but the frequent use of the name Ulu in the genealogies of the chiefs of the two large islands, Hawaii and Maui, would support the position taken in the story that follows—that the brothers, sailing together, found Hawaii.

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**Who acts:** Ulu, Nanaulu, story, brothers · **What happens:** suggest, remain, find, support, take, follow · **To what, where:** place, southern islands, way, position, story, Hawaii · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Ulu, Nanaulu, story, brothers), 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:pg66357:7:5
# text = It has been suggested that Ulu remained in the southern islands and that Nanaulu alone found his way to Hawaii; but the frequent use of the name Ulu in the genealogies of the chiefs of the two large islands, Hawaii and Maui, would support the position taken in the story that follows—that the brothers, sailing together, found Hawaii.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	suggested	suggest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	Ulu	Ulu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	remained	remain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	southern	southern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	islands	island	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
14	Nanaulu	Nanaulu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	Hawaii	Hawaii	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	25	punct	_	_
22	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	frequent	frequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	advcl	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
29	Ulu	Ulu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	appos	_	_
30	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	genealogies	genealogy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	nmod	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	chiefs	chief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	nmod	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
38	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	40	nummod	_	_
39	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	islands	island	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
42	Hawaii	Hawaii	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	appos	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	Maui	Maui	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
47	support	support	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	25	parataxis	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	_
50	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	49	acl	_	_
51	in	in	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obl	_	_
54	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	55	nsubj	_	_
55	follows	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	53	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	59	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	59	mark	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	64	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
61	sailing	sail	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	59	conj	_	_
62	together	together	ADV	RB	_	61	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
64	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
65	Hawaii	Hawaii	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	64	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | present · perfect · passive |  | place |  |  |  | the frequent use of the name in the genealogies of the chiefs of the two large islands *advcl* | tree rules |
| 2 | **remain** | past | Ulu |  |  | the southern islands |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in island=Location |
| 3 | **find** | past | Nanaulu | Nanaulu's way |  |  |  | to Hawaii | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic |
| 4 | **support** | would |  | the position |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer position=Stimulus |
| 5 | **take** | participle |  | the position *not said here* |  | the story |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in story=Location |
| 6 | **follow** | present | the story |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **sail** | gerund | the brothers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **find** | past | the brothers | Hawaii |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hawaii=Topic |
| 9 | **use** |  |  | the name in the genealogies of the chiefs of the two large islands |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: of=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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