Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Foundation of the Observatory, sentence 55
—The subscription of the Bishop Museum was made upon the condition that the Institute shall furnish the trustees without expense except for transportation, samples of all museum specimens collected, properly described, also copies of all published maps, surveys, and literature made by the Institute in connection with Hawaiian interests.—
Who acts: Institute, samples · What happens: make, furnish, collect, describe, publish, subscribe · To what, where: subscription, trustees, copies, literature, connection, Bishop Museum
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 (Institute, samples), 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 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 subscription | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 subscription | det |
| 3 | subscription | subscription | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 made | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Museum | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Museum | det |
| 6 | Bishop | Bishop | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Museum | compound |
| 7 | Museum | Museum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 subscription | nmod |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 made | aux:pass |
| 9 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 12 condition | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 condition | det |
| 12 | condition | condition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 made | obl |
| 13 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 17 furnish | mark |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Institute | det |
| 15 | Institute | Institute | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 furnish | nsubj |
| 16 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 furnish | aux |
| 17 | furnish | furnish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 condition | acl |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 trustees | det |
| 19 | trustees | trustee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 furnish | obj |
| 20 | without | without | ADP | _ | 21 expense | case |
| 21 | expense | expense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 furnish | obl |
| 22 | except | except | ADP | _ | 24 transportation | case |
| 23 | for | for | ADP | _ | 24 transportation | case |
| 24 | transportation | transportation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 expense | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 samples | punct |
| 26 | samples | sample | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 collected | nsubj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 specimens | case |
| 28 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 30 specimens | det |
| 29 | museum | museum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 specimens | compound |
| 30 | specimens | specimen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 samples | nmod |
| 31 | collected | collect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 condition | parataxis |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 described | punct |
| 33 | properly | properly | ADV | _ | 34 described | advmod |
| 34 | described | describe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 collected | parataxis |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 copies | punct |
| 36 | also | also | ADV | _ | 37 copies | advmod |
| 37 | copies | copy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 described | obl |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 maps | case |
| 39 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 41 maps | det |
| 40 | published | publish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 41 maps | amod |
| 41 | maps | map | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 copies | nmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 surveys | punct |
| 43 | surveys | survey | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 maps | conj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 literature | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 literature | cc |
| 46 | literature | literature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 made | obl |
| 47 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 literature | acl |
| 48 | by | by | ADP | _ | 50 Institute | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 Institute | det |
| 50 | Institute | Institute | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 made | obl:agent |
| 51 | in | in | ADP | _ | 52 connection | case |
| 52 | connection | connection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 made | obl |
| 53 | with | with | ADP | _ | 55 interests | case |
| 54 | Hawaiian | hawaiian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 interests | amod |
| 55 | interests | interest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 connection | nmod |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 made | punct |
| 57 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past · passive | the subscription of the Bishop Museum | upon the condition; literature obl | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 2 | furnish | shall | the Institute | the trustees | without expense except transportation | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trustee=Recipient | |||
| 3 | collect | past | samples of all museum specimens | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 4 | describe | participle | copies of all published maps and surveys | properly property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | publish | participle | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 6 | make | participle | literature not said here | connection with Hawaiian interests | the Institute obl:agent | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | |||
| 7 | subscribe | the Bishop Museum | nom subscription «possession transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 8 | sample | all museum specimens | nom sample «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 9 | copy | all published maps and surveys | nom copy «communication transitive»: of=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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