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title: As he came near the canoe he leaped over the heads of the bearers, l… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics
description: As he came near the canoe he leaped over the heads of the bearers, landing on the deck by the side of Nanaulu and catching the mast gracefully, steadied himself for a moment and then, throwing his arms around Nanaulu, began the loud Polynesian wailing, with which in sorrow or in joy alike they were 
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# Hawaiian Historical Legends, The Sons of Kii, sentence 82

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As he came near the canoe he leaped over the heads of the bearers, landing on the deck by the side of Nanaulu and catching the mast gracefully, steadied himself for a moment and then, throwing his arms around Nanaulu, began the loud Polynesian wailing, with which in sorrow or in joy alike they were accustomed to greet one another.

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**Who acts:** Nanaulu · **What happens:** come, leap, land, catch, steady, throw · **To what, where:** canoe, heads, deck, mast, Nanaulu, arms

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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 (Nanaulu), 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:pg66357:7:82
# text = As he came near the canoe he leaped over the heads of the bearers, landing on the deck by the side of Nanaulu and catching the mast gracefully, steadied himself for a moment and then, throwing his arms around Nanaulu, began the loud Polynesian wailing, with which in sorrow or in joy alike they were accustomed to greet one another.
1	As	as	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
4	near	near	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	canoe	canoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	leaped	leap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	over	over	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	bearers	bearer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	landing	land	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	deck	deck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	by	by	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	Nanaulu	Nanaulu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	catching	catch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	conj	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	mast	mast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	_
29	gracefully	gracefully	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
31	steadied	steady	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
32	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	31	obj	_	_
33	for	for	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
37	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	39	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
39	throwing	throw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	31	conj	_	_
40	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	obj	_	_
42	around	around	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	Nanaulu	Nanaulu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
45	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
47	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
48	Polynesian	polynesian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	wailing	wailing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
51	with	with	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
52	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	54	nsubj	_	_
53	in	in	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	parataxis	_	_
55	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
56	in	in	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
57	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	conj	_	_
58	alike	alike	SCONJ	IN	_	61	mark	_	_
59	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	61	nsubj	_	_
60	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	61	aux:pass	_	_
61	accustomed	accustom	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	45	advcl	_	_
62	to	to	PART	TO	_	63	mark	_	_
63	greet	greet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	61	advcl	_	_
64	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	63	obj	_	_
65	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	64	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Nanaulu |  |  | the canoe |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near canoe=Location |
| 2 | **leap** | past | Nanaulu |  |  | the heads of the bearers |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over head=Trajectory |
| 3 | **land** | gerund | Nanaulu *not said here* |  |  | the deck |  | by the side of Nanaulu | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on deck=Destination |
| 4 | **catch** | gerund | Nanaulu *not said here* | the mast |  |  |  | gracefully *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mast=Theme |
| 5 | **steady** | past | Nanaulu *not said here* | Nanaulu |  |  | moment |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient |
| 6 | **throw** | gerund | Nanaulu *not said here* | Nanaulu's arms |  | Nanaulu | then |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent arm=Theme around nanaulu=Destination |
| 7 | **begin** | past | Nanaulu *not said here* | the loud Polynesian wailing |  |  |  | sorrow or joy *parataxis* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wailing=Eventuality |
| 8 | **accustom** | past · passive |  | canoes *= canoe* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **greet** *speech: greet* | to-infinitive |  | one |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |

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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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