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title: None of the islands have so good a tradition of these turbulent time… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: None of the islands have so good a tradition of these turbulent times as the Hawaiian group, and they have only a statement made by William Ellis in his book, “A Tour through Hawaii,” published in 1826. Who acts: None, islands. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Weste
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), The Crack in the Floor of the Pacific, sentence 22

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None of the islands have so good a tradition of these turbulent times as the Hawaiian group, and they have only a statement made by William Ellis in his book, “A Tour through Hawaii,” published in 1826.

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**Who acts:** None, islands · **What happens:** have, make, publish · **To what, where:** good tradition, statement, book, 1826

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, The Crack in the Floor of the Pacific. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (None, islands), 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:pg66516:25:22
# text = None of the islands have so good a tradition of these turbulent times as the Hawaiian group, and they have only a statement made by William Ellis in his book, “A Tour through Hawaii,” published in 1826.
1	None	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	islands	island	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tradition	tradition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
12	turbulent	turbulent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	Hawaiian	Hawaiian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
22	only	only	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
25	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	acl	_	_
26	by	by	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	William	William	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	obl:agent	_	_
28	Ellis	Ellis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	flat	_	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	_
31	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
33	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	Tour	Tour	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	appos	_	_
36	through	through	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	Hawaii	Hawaii	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	35	punct	_	_
40	published	publish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	31	acl	_	_
41	in	in	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	1826	1826	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	40	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | None of the islands | a good tradition of this turbulent times as the Hawaiian group |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tradition=Patient |
| 2 | **have** | present | islands *= island* | a statement |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Patient |
| 3 | **make** | participle |  | a statement *not said here* |  |  |  | William *obl:agent*; William's book *obl:agent* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 4 | **publish** | participle |  | William's book *not said here* |  | 1826 |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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