Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Foundation of the Observatory, sentence 2
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, now in operation for five years from July 1, 1912, under the direction of the Department of Geology of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is the result and culmination of a succession of investigations, constructions, appointments, and expeditions, mostly under that institution, which began in 1898 with the building of a small geodetic observatory in Boston.
Who acts: Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, institution · What happens: be, begin · To what, where: result, 1898
This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Foundation of the Observatory. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, institution), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Observatory | det |
| 2 | Hawaiian | Hawaiian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Observatory | compound |
| 3 | Volcano | Volcano | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Observatory | compound |
| 4 | Observatory | Observatory | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 result | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 operation | punct |
| 6 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 operation | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 operation | case |
| 8 | operation | operation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Observatory | appos |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 years | case |
| 10 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 years | nummod |
| 11 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 operation | nmod |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 1 | case |
| 13 | July | July | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 1 | nmod:unmarked |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 years | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 1912 | punct |
| 16 | 1912 | 1912 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 14 1 | flat |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 direction | punct |
| 18 | under | under | ADP | _ | 20 direction | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 direction | det |
| 20 | direction | direction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Observatory | appos |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 Department | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 Department | det |
| 23 | Department | Department | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 direction | nmod |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 Geology | case |
| 25 | Geology | Geology | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 Department | nmod |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 Institute | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 Institute | det |
| 28 | Massachusetts | Massachusetts | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 Institute | compound |
| 29 | Institute | Institute | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 Geology | nmod |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 Technology | case |
| 31 | Technology | Technology | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 Institute | nmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Observatory | punct |
| 33 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 result | cop |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 result | det |
| 35 | result | result | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 culmination | cc |
| 37 | culmination | culmination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 result | conj |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 succession | case |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 succession | det |
| 40 | succession | succession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 culmination | nmod |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 investigations | case |
| 42 | investigations | investigation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 succession | nmod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 constructions | punct |
| 44 | constructions | construction | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 investigations | conj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 appointments | punct |
| 46 | appointments | appointment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 investigations | conj |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 expeditions | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 expeditions | cc |
| 49 | expeditions | expedition | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 result | conj |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 institution | punct |
| 51 | mostly | mostly | ADV | _ | 54 institution | advmod |
| 52 | under | under | ADP | _ | 54 institution | case |
| 53 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 54 institution | det |
| 54 | institution | institution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 result | conj |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 began | punct |
| 56 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 57 began | nsubj |
| 57 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 54 institution | acl:relcl |
| 58 | in | in | ADP | _ | 59 1898 | case |
| 59 | 1898 | 1898 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 57 began | obl |
| 60 | with | with | ADP | _ | 62 building | case |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 building | det |
| 62 | building | building | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 began | obl |
| 63 | of | of | ADP | _ | 67 observatory | case |
| 64 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 67 observatory | det |
| 65 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 67 observatory | amod |
| 66 | geodetic | geodetic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 67 observatory | amod |
| 67 | observatory | observatory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 building | nmod |
| 68 | in | in | ADP | _ | 69 Boston | case |
| 69 | Boston | Boston | PROPN | Number=Sing | 67 observatory | nmod |
| 70 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 35 result | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory | the result and culmination of a succession of investigations and constructions and appointments and expeditions and that institution | culmination of a succession of investigations and constructions and appointments conj; expeditions conj; that institution conj | tree rules | |||
| 2 | begin | past | that institution | 1898 | with the building of a small geodetic observatory in Boston | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with building=Subeventuality |
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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