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title: The languages of the Oceanic region have been divided into six great… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: The languages of the Oceanic region have been divided into six great groups; i.e., the Polynesian; the Micronesian; the Melanesian or Papuan; the Australian; the Malaysian; the Malagasy. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Polynesian Language, with its depe
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Polynesian Language, sentence 30

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The languages of the Oceanic region have been divided into six great groups; i.e., the Polynesian; the Micronesian; the Melanesian or Papuan; the Australian; the Malaysian; the Malagasy.

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**What happens:** divide · **To what, where:** languages, six great groups

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Polynesian Language. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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:pg66516:31:30
# text = The languages of the Oceanic region have been divided into six great groups; i.e., the Polynesian; the Micronesian; the Melanesian or Papuan; the Australian; the Malaysian; the Malagasy.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	languages	language	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Oceanic	Oceanic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	region	region	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	divided	divide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
12	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	groups	group	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
15	i.e.	i.e.	ADV	FW	_	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Polynesian	Polynesian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	Micronesian	Micronesian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	Melanesian	Melanesian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
25	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	Papuan	Papuan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	29	punct	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	Australian	Australian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	32	punct	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	Malaysian	Malaysian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	35	punct	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	Malagasy	Malagasy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **divide** | present · perfect · passive |  | the languages of the Oceanic region |  | six great groups |  | the Micronesian *obl*; the Melanesian or Papuan *obl*; the Malagasy *obl* | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 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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