--- title: He has searched the forests of the sharp-peaked mountain and has fas… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: He has searched the forests of the sharp-peaked mountain and has fashioned a boat, the Mano-nui (great shark), and soon expects to come to Papeete with a royal fleet to do honour to the king, his father.” Who acts: Nanaulu, boat. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Nanaulu, boat), 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:pg66357:7:51 # text = He has searched the forests of the sharp-peaked mountain and has fashioned a boat, the Mano-nui (great shark), and soon expects to come to Papeete with a royal fleet to do honour to the king, his father.” 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 searched search VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 forests forest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 8 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 peaked peak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 fashioned fashioned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Mano Mano PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 nui nui X FW Foreign=Yes 19 conj _ _ 22 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 shark shark NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 29 expects expect VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Papeete Papeete PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 fleet fleet NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 40 honour honour VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **search** | present · perfect | Nanaulu | the forests of the peaked mountain | | | | the Mano *parataxis* | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent forest=Location | | 2 | **peak** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | a boat | | | | | fashioned *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **expect** | present | Nanaulu *not said here* | | | | | soon *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Nanaulu *not said here* | | | Papeete | | with a royal fleet | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to papeete=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **do** | to-infinitive | Nanaulu *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **honour** | infinitive | Nanaulu *not said here* | | | | | to the king and Nanaulu's father | tree rules | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/7/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/7/52/) - ↑ back to [The Sons of Kii](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/7/)