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Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Hawaiian Volcanoes, sentence 63

Later it was again lowered, but, according to Professor Shepherd, “Pele arose in her wrath, grasped the thermometer, flung hot lava on the supporting wires, thereby weakening them, and then with a final jerk broke the thermometer from its supports and swallowed it.

Who acts: Pele, thermometer · What happens: lower, accord, arise, grasp, fling, weaken · To what, where: thermometer, Shepherd, wrath, hot lava, supporting wires, wires · Speech: someone speaks here

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

advmodnsubj:passaux:passadvmodpunctccpunctcasefixednmod:descoblpunctpunctnsubjacl:relclcasenmod:possoblpunctadvcldetobjpunctconjamodobjcasedetcompoundoblpunctadvmodadvclobjpunctccadvmodcasedetamodoblparataxisdetobjcasenmod:possoblccconjobjpunctrootLaterADVitPRONwasAUXagainADVloweredVERB,PUNCTbutCCONJ,PUNCTaccordingVERBtoADPProfessorPROPNShepherdPROPN,PUNCT“PUNCTPelePROPNaroseVERBinADPherPRONwrathNOUN,PUNCTgraspedVERBtheDETthermometerNOUN,PUNCTflungVERBhotADJlavaNOUNonADPtheDETsupportingNOUNwiresNOUN,PUNCTtherebyADVweakeningVERBthemPRON,PUNCTandCCONJthenADVwithADPaDETfinalADJjerkNOUNbrokeVERBtheDETthermometerNOUNfromADPitsPRONsupportsNOUNandCCONJswallowedVERBitPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LaterlateADVDegree=Cmp5 loweredadvmod
2ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 lowerednsubj:pass
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 loweredaux:pass
4againagainADV_5 loweredadvmod
5loweredlowerVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
6,,PUNCT_21 graspedpunct
7butbutCCONJ_21 graspedcc
8,,PUNCT_7 butpunct
9accordingaccordVERBExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part12 Shepherdcase
10totoADP_9 accordingfixed
11ProfessorProfessorPROPNNumber=Sing12 Shepherdnmod:desc
12ShepherdShepherdPROPNNumber=Sing21 graspedobl
13,,PUNCT_16 arosepunct
14“"PUNCT_16 arosepunct
15PelePelePROPNNumber=Sing16 arosensubj
16aroseariseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 Shepherdacl:relcl
17ininADP_19 wrathcase
18herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs19 wrathnmod:poss
19wrathwrathNOUNNumber=Sing16 aroseobl
20,,PUNCT_12 Shepherdpunct
21graspedgraspVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 loweredadvcl
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 thermometerdet
23thermometerthermometerNOUNNumber=Sing21 graspedobj
24,,PUNCT_25 flungpunct
25flungflingVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin21 graspedconj
26hothotADJDegree=Pos27 lavaamod
27lavalavaNOUNNumber=Sing25 flungobj
28ononADP_31 wirescase
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art31 wiresdet
30supportingsupportingNOUNNumber=Sing31 wirescompound
31wireswireNOUNNumber=Plur25 flungobl
32,,PUNCT_34 weakeningpunct
33therebytherebyADV_34 weakeningadvmod
34weakeningweakenVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part25 flungadvcl
35themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs34 weakeningobj
36,,PUNCT_43 brokepunct
37andandCCONJ_43 brokecc
38thenthenADVPronType=Dem43 brokeadvmod
39withwithADP_42 jerkcase
40aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art42 jerkdet
41finalfinalADJDegree=Pos42 jerkamod
42jerkjerkNOUNNumber=Sing43 brokeobl
43brokebreakVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 loweredparataxis
44thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art45 thermometerdet
45thermometerthermometerNOUNNumber=Sing43 brokeobj
46fromfromADP_48 supportscase
47itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs48 supportsnmod:poss
48supportssupportNOUNNumber=Plur43 brokeobl
49andandCCONJ_50 swallowedcc
50swallowedswallowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin43 brokeconj
51ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs50 swallowedobj
52..PUNCT_5 loweredpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1lowerpast · passivethermometeragainlate propertytree rules
2accordgerundvn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3arise in a quotepastPeleShepherd Professor not said herePele's wrathvn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location shepherd=Theme
4grasp in a quotepastthe thermometeraccord Shepherd Professorvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thermometer=Stimulus
5fling in a quotepasthot lavathe supporting wiresvn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent lava=Theme on wire=Destination
6weaken in a quotegerundwires = wirethereby propertyvn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient
7break in a quotepastthe thermometerthermometer's supportsthenwith a final jerkvn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent thermometer=Patient with jerk=Instrument
8swallow in a quotepastthermometervn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
9support in a quotethermometernom support «act 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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