Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Opening, sentence 20

This is accounted for by the fact that the melted glass is so charged with gases under high pressure that it seethes up and down in the cracks and tubes which it occupies according to their form and size, and according to the coming together or opening apart of their walls, just as any sparkling wine makes a foam which rises or falls according to the suddenness of the uncorking or to the size of the glass into which it is poured.

Who acts: fact, glass, cracks, sparkling wine, foam, gases · What happens: account, melt, charge, seethe, occupy, accord · To what, where: This, melted glass, high pressure, cracks, foam

This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fact, glass, cracks, sparkling wine), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 accounted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 accounted	aux:pass
3	accounted	account	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 fact	case
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 fact	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fact	det
7	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 accounted	obl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 charged	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 glass	det
10	melted	melt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 glass	amod
11	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 charged	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 charged	aux:pass
13	so	so	ADV	_	14 charged	advmod
14	charged	charge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 fact	acl
15	with	with	ADP	_	16 gases	case
16	gases	gas	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 charged	obl
17	under	under	ADP	_	19 pressure	case
18	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 pressure	amod
19	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 charged	obl
20	that	that	SCONJ	_	22 seethes	mark
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 seethes	nsubj
22	seethes	seethe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 pressure	acl:relcl
23	up	up	ADV	_	22 seethes	advmod
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 down	cc
25	down	down	ADV	_	23 up	conj
26	in	in	ADP	_	28 cracks	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 cracks	det
28	cracks	crack	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 seethes	obl
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 tubes	cc
30	tubes	tube	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 cracks	conj
31	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	33 occupies	nsubj
32	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 occupies	nsubj
33	occupies	occupy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 cracks	acl:relcl
34	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	37 form	case
35	to	to	ADP	_	34 according	fixed
36	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	37 form	nmod:poss
37	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 occupies	obl
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 size	cc
39	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 form	conj
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 makes	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 makes	cc
42	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	58 wine	case
43	to	to	ADP	_	42 according	fixed
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 wine	det
45	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	58 wine	csubj
46	together	together	ADV	_	45 coming	advmod
47	or	or	CCONJ	_	48 opening	cc
48	opening	open	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	45 coming	conj
49	apart	apart	ADV	_	48 opening	advmod
50	of	of	ADP	_	52 walls	case
51	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 walls	nmod:poss
52	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 apart	obl
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 wine	punct
54	just	just	ADV	_	58 wine	advmod
55	as	as	ADP	_	58 wine	case
56	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	58 wine	det
57	sparkling	sparkling	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 wine	amod
58	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 makes	nsubj
59	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 accounted	conj
60	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	61 foam	det
61	foam	foam	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 makes	obj
62	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	63 rises	nsubj
63	rises	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	61 foam	acl:relcl
64	or	or	CCONJ	_	65 falls	cc
65	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	63 rises	conj
66	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	69 suddenness	case
67	to	to	ADP	_	66 according	fixed
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 suddenness	det
69	suddenness	suddenness	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 falls	obl
70	of	of	ADP	_	72 uncorking	case
71	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	72 uncorking	det
72	uncorking	uncorking	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 suddenness	nmod
73	or	or	CCONJ	_	76 size	cc
74	to	to	ADP	_	76 size	case
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 size	det
76	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 uncorking	conj
77	of	of	ADP	_	79 glass	case
78	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	79 glass	det
79	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 size	nmod
80	into	into	SCONJ	_	84 poured	mark
81	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	84 poured	nsubj:pass
82	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	84 poured	nsubj:pass
83	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	84 poured	aux:pass
84	poured	pour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	65 falls	advcl
85	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 accounted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	account	present · passive		This		for the fact	tree rules
2	melt	participle					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	charge	present · passive	the fact not said here	the melted glass	high pressure	with gases	vn equip-13.4.2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: subject=Recipient with gas=Theme
4	seethe	present	glass	high pressure not said here	the cracks and tubes		vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location pressure=Theme
5	occupy	present	the cracks and tubes			accord gases's form and size; glass nsubj	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
6	accord	gerund					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
7	accord	gerund					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
8	come together	gerund				together property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	open	gerund				apart property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	make	present	the sparkling wine	a foam			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material foam=Product
11	rise	present	a foam				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
12	fall	present	a foam not said here			accord the suddenness of the uncorking or the size of the glass	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
13	accord	gerund					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
14	pour	present · passive				which nsubj:pass; wine nsubj:pass	vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
15	form		gases = gas				nom form «communication 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.

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Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Opening, sentence 20