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title: Passing strong cords of cocoanut fibre under the keel, they lifted t… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: Passing strong cords of cocoanut fibre under the keel, they lifted the boat, with several chiefs resting upon a small deck which partially covered the canoe. Who acts: cords, several chiefs. A sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, The Sons of Kii, with its dependency tree an
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Sons of Kii, sentence 78

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Passing strong cords of cocoanut fibre under the keel, they lifted the boat, with several chiefs resting upon a small deck which partially covered the canoe.

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**Who acts:** cords, several chiefs · **What happens:** pass, lift, rest, cover · **To what, where:** strong cords, keel, boat, small deck

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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 (cords, several chiefs), 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:pg66357:7:78
# text = Passing strong cords of cocoanut fibre under the keel, they lifted the boat, with several chiefs resting upon a small deck which partially covered the canoe.
1	Passing	pass	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
2	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cords	cord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	cocoanut	cocoanut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	fibre	fibre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	keel	keel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	lifted	lift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	chiefs	chief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
19	resting	rest	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	18	acl	_	_
20	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	deck	deck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
24	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	26	obj	_	_
25	partially	partially	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	covered	cover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	acl:relcl	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	canoe	canoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | gerund | cords *= cord* *not said here* | strong cords of cocoanut fibre |  | the keel |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent cord=Theme under keel=Destination |
| 2 | **lift** | past | cords *= cord* | the boat |  |  |  | several chiefs *conj* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme |
| 3 | **rest** | gerund | several chiefs *not said here* |  |  | a small deck |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon deck=Location |
| 4 | **cover** | past |  | a small deck |  |  |  | the canoe *obj*; partially *property* | tree rules |

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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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