Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Foundation of the Observatory, sentence 43
To send expeditions to other volcanic and earthquake belts for comparative studies.
What happens: send · To what, where: expeditions, other volcanic
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 send | mark |
| 2 | send | send | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | expeditions | expedition | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 send | obj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 volcanic | case |
| 5 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 volcanic | amod |
| 6 | volcanic | volcanic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 send | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 belts | cc |
| 8 | earthquake | earthquake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 belts | compound |
| 9 | belts | belt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 volcanic | conj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 studies | case |
| 11 | comparative | comparative | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 studies | amod |
| 12 | studies | study | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 belts | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 send | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | to-infinitive | expeditions | other volcanic and earthquake belts for comparative studies | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent expedition=Theme to volcanic=Destination |
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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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