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D. Westervelt, The Annihilation of Keoua’s Army. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (army, Mona, one, hundreds), 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:pg66516:21:29 # text = Mona, one of the army, who saw all this but who escaped, said that one of the chiefesses was ill and some hundreds of the army had delayed their journey to guard her and so escaped this death.” 1 Mona Mona PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 appos _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 11 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 obj _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 escaped escape VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 18 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nsubj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 chiefesses chiefess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 ccomp _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 25 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 26 det _ _ 26 hundreds hundred NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 delayed delay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 guard guard VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 36 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 escaped escape VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 40 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 41 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the army | this | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **escape** | past | | | | | | who *nsubj* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Mona | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | one of the chiefesses | | | | | ill *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **delay** | past · perfect · passive | | some hundreds of the army | | | | hundreds's journey *obj* | tree rules | | 6 | **guard** | to-infinitive | | | Mona | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary | | 7 | **escape** | past | Mona *not said here* | this death | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme death=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **journey** | | hundreds *= hundred* | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Project Gutenberg book 66516 (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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/21/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/21/30/) - ↑ back to [The Annihilation of Keoua’s Army](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/21/)