Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Opening, sentence 22

This is due to the way in which the gas-charged liquid has become confined under the solidified mountain, and so only at long intervals becomes so hot and so insinuating that it finds a way out and, once released, spouts like the open safety-valve of a steam engine until the gas pressure is relieved.

Who acts: This, charged liquid, long intervals, liquid, gas pressure · What happens: be, charge, become, confine, solidify, insinuate · To what, where: way, solidified mountain, spouts

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 (This, charged liquid, long intervals, liquid), 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	6 way	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 way	cop
3	due	due	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	6 way	case
4	to	to	ADP	_	3 due	fixed
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 way	det
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 become	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 liquid	det
10	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 charged	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 gas	punct
12	charged	charge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 liquid	amod
13	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 become	nsubj
14	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 become	aux
15	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 way	acl:relcl
16	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 become	xcomp
17	under	under	ADP	_	20 mountain	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 mountain	det
19	solidified	solidify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 mountain	amod
20	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 confined	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 becomes	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 becomes	cc
23	so	so	ADV	_	28 becomes	advmod
24	only	only	ADV	_	27 intervals	advmod
25	at	at	ADP	_	27 intervals	case
26	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 intervals	amod
27	intervals	interval	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 becomes	nsubj
28	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 way	parataxis
29	so	so	ADV	_	30 hot	advmod
30	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 becomes	xcomp
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 insinuating	cc
32	so	so	ADV	_	33 insinuating	advmod
33	insinuating	insinuate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	28 becomes	conj
34	that	that	SCONJ	_	36 finds	mark
35	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 finds	nsubj
36	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	33 insinuating	advcl
37	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	38 way	det
38	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 finds	obj
39	out	out	ADV	_	38 way	advmod
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 released	cc
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 released	punct
42	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	43 released	advmod
43	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	28 becomes	conj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 spouts	punct
45	spouts	spout	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 released	obj
46	like	like	ADP	_	51 valve	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 valve	det
48	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 valve	amod
49	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 valve	compound
50	-	-	PUNCT	_	49 safety	punct
51	valve	valve	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 spouts	nmod
52	of	of	ADP	_	55 engine	case
53	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	55 engine	det
54	steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 engine	compound
55	engine	engine	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 valve	nmod
56	until	until	SCONJ	_	61 relieved	mark
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 pressure	det
58	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 pressure	compound
59	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 relieved	nsubj
60	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	61 relieved	cop
61	relieved	relieved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 released	advcl
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 way	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	This			due the way	tree rules
2	charge	participle				gas compound	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	become	present · perfect	the charged liquid		the way		tree rules
4	confine	participle	the charged liquid not said here		the solidified mountain		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	solidify	participle					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
6	become	present	long intervals			hot property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
7	insinuate speech: other	gerund	long intervals not said here				vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
8	find	present	liquid	a way			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic
9	release	participle	long intervals not said here	spouts		like the open safety valve of a steam engine; once property	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer spout=Source
10	is	present	the gas pressure			relieved property	tree rules

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 22

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Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Opening, sentence 22