Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), The Hawaiian Islands, sentence 31

Professor Jaggar, the experienced volcanologist in charge of an observing station on the brink of Kilauea, accepts the theory of a gas connection between these two craters so that their activity is mutual as to foam vents, but not so close that the lower volcano affords a hydrostatic outlet to the lava in the higher crater.

Who acts: Professor, activity, lower volcano · What happens: observe, accept, be, foam, afford, charge · To what, where: theory, vents, hydrostatic outlet, observing station

This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, The Hawaiian Islands. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Professor, activity, lower volcano), 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	Professor	Professor	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 accepts	nsubj
2	Jaggar	Jaggar	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Professor	flat
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 volcanologist	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 volcanologist	det
5	experienced	experienced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 volcanologist	amod
6	volcanologist	volcanologist	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Professor	appos
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 charge	case
8	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 volcanologist	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 station	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 station	det
11	observing	observe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 station	amod
12	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 charge	nmod
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 brink	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 brink	det
15	brink	brink	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 station	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 Kilauea	case
17	Kilauea	Kilauea	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 brink	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Professor	punct
19	accepts	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 theory	det
21	theory	theory	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 accepts	obj
22	of	of	ADP	_	25 connection	case
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 connection	det
24	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 connection	compound
25	connection	connection	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 theory	nmod
26	between	between	ADP	_	29 craters	case
27	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	29 craters	det
28	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	29 craters	nummod
29	craters	crater	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 connection	nmod
30	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	35 mutual	mark
31	that	that	SCONJ	_	30 so	fixed
32	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	33 activity	nmod:poss
33	activity	activity	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 mutual	nsubj
34	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	35 mutual	cop
35	mutual	mutual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 accepts	advcl
36	as	as	SCONJ	_	38 foam	mark
37	to	to	PART	_	38 foam	mark
38	foam	foam	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	35 mutual	advcl
39	vents	vent	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 foam	obj
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 close	punct
41	but	but	CCONJ	_	44 close	cc
42	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	44 close	advmod
43	so	so	ADV	_	44 close	advmod
44	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 accepts	parataxis
45	that	that	SCONJ	_	49 affords	mark
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 volcano	det
47	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	48 volcano	amod
48	volcano	volcano	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 affords	nsubj
49	affords	afford	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	44 close	advcl
50	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	52 outlet	det
51	hydrostatic	hydrostatic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 outlet	amod
52	outlet	outlet	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 affords	obj
53	to	to	ADP	_	55 lava	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 lava	det
55	lava	lava	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 outlet	nmod
56	in	in	ADP	_	59 crater	case
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 crater	det
58	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	59 crater	amod
59	crater	crater	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 lava	nmod
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 accepts	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	observe	gerund				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	accept	present	Professor	the theory of a gas connection between this two craters		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent theory=Theme
3	is	present	craters's activity		mutual property	tree rules
4	foam	to-infinitive	craters's activity not said here	vents		vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location vent=Theme
5	afford	present	the lower volcano	a hydrostatic outlet	to the lava in the higher crater	tree rules
6	charge			a observing station on the brink of Kilauea		nom charge «act transitive»: of=patient

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), The Hawaiian Islands, sentence 31

The tree

Pragmatics

Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), The Hawaiian Islands, sentence 31