Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Geological Facts, sentence 1
Note: The following articles pertaining to the geological formation of the Hawaiian Islands were written by the author at different times for the various local periodicals in Honolulu and will be found interesting by those who wish to increase their knowledge of volcanology.
Who acts: following articles, author, those · What happens: follow, pertain, write, find, wish, increase · To what, where: Note, knowledge
This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Geological Facts. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (following articles, author, those), 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 | Note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 written | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 articles | punct |
| 3 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 articles | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 articles | amod |
| 5 | articles | article | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 written | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | pertaining | pertain | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 articles | acl |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 formation | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 formation | det |
| 9 | geological | geological | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 formation | amod |
| 10 | formation | formation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pertaining | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Islands | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Islands | det |
| 13 | Hawaiian | Hawaiian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Islands | compound |
| 14 | Islands | Island | PROPN | Number=Plur | 10 formation | nmod |
| 15 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 written | aux:pass |
| 16 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 17 | by | by | ADP | _ | 19 author | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 author | det |
| 19 | author | author | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 written | obl |
| 20 | at | at | ADP | _ | 22 times | case |
| 21 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 times | amod |
| 22 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 written | obl |
| 23 | for | for | ADP | _ | 27 periodicals | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 periodicals | det |
| 25 | various | various | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 periodicals | amod |
| 26 | local | local | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 periodicals | amod |
| 27 | periodicals | periodical | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 written | obl |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 Honolulu | case |
| 29 | Honolulu | Honolulu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 periodicals | nmod |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 found | cc |
| 31 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 found | aux |
| 32 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 33 found | aux:pass |
| 33 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 written | conj |
| 34 | interesting | interesting | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 found | xcomp |
| 35 | by | by | ADP | _ | 36 those | case |
| 36 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 33 found | obl |
| 37 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 wish | nsubj |
| 38 | wish | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 those | acl:relcl |
| 39 | to | to | PART | _ | 40 increase | mark |
| 40 | increase | increase | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 wish | xcomp |
| 41 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 knowledge | nmod:poss |
| 42 | knowledge | knowledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 increase | obj |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 volcanology | case |
| 44 | volcanology | volcanology | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 knowledge | nmod |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 written | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | pertain | gerund | the following articles not said here | to the geological formation of the Hawaiian Islands | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to formation=Co-Theme | ||||
| 3 | write | past · passive | the author | Note | time | for the various local periodicals in Honolulu; the following articles nsubj:pass | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent subject=Result for periodical=Beneficiary | ||
| 4 | find | future · passive | those | interesting property | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | wish | present | who nsubj | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 6 | increase not said to happen | to-infinitive | articles's knowledge of volcanology | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer knowledge=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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