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title: In 1836, twelve years later, Rev. Titus Coan wrote about the coming… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: In 1836, twelve years later, Rev. Titus Coan wrote about the coming of many natives into a Christian life. Who acts: Titus. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Kapiolani and Pele, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Kapiolani and Pele, sentence 97

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In 1836, twelve years later, Rev. Titus Coan wrote about the coming of many natives into a Christian life.

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**Who acts:** Titus · **What happens:** write, come · **To what, where:** 1836, Christian life

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Kapiolani and Pele. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Titus), 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:pg66516:23:97
# text = In 1836, twelve years later, Rev. Titus Coan wrote about the coming of many natives into a Christian life.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	1836	1836	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
8	Rev.	Rev.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:desc	_	_
9	Titus	Titus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	Coan	Coan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	_
11	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	ccomp	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	natives	native	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
18	into	into	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past | Titus  Rev. |  |  | 1836 |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **come** | gerund | Titus  Rev. *not said here* |  |  | a Christian life |  | of many natives | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme of native=Initial\_Location into life=Destination |

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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 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.

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