Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Foundation of the Observatory, sentence 21
For expeditions in case of disaster or otherwise, a relatively short route is assured, with abundant means of transportation to Pacific and East Indian ports.
Who acts: abundant · What happens: assure, mean · To what, where: short route, Indian ports
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 (abundant), 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 | For | for | ADP | _ | 2 expeditions | case |
| 2 | expeditions | expedition | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 assured | obl |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 case | case |
| 4 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 expeditions | nmod |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 disaster | case |
| 6 | disaster | disaster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 case | nmod |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 otherwise | cc |
| 8 | otherwise | otherwise | ADV | _ | 6 disaster | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 expeditions | punct |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 route | det |
| 11 | relatively | relatively | ADV | _ | 12 short | advmod |
| 12 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 route | amod |
| 13 | route | route | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 assured | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 assured | aux:pass |
| 15 | assured | assure | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 means | punct |
| 17 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 19 means | mark |
| 18 | abundant | abundant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 means | nsubj |
| 19 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 assured | conj |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 transportation | case |
| 21 | transportation | transportation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 means | obl |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 Pacific | case |
| 23 | Pacific | Pacific | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 transportation | nmod |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 East | cc |
| 25 | East | East | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 Pacific | conj |
| 26 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 ports | amod |
| 27 | ports | port | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 means | obj |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 assured | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | assure | present · passive | a short route | for expeditions in case of disaster | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for expedition=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | mean | present | abundant | Indian ports | of transportation to Pacific and East | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent port=Topic |
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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