Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Foundation of the Observatory, sentence 59
In 1910 the first available income of the Whitney fund was used in the construction of special resistance thermometers made by Leeds and Northrup at Baltimore under the direction of Drs.
What happens: use, make, construct · To what, where: first available income, 1910, special resistance thermometers, Baltimore
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: 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 1910 | case |
| 2 | 1910 | 1910 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 used | obl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 income | det |
| 4 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 income | amod |
| 5 | available | available | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 income | amod |
| 6 | income | income | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 used | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 fund | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 fund | det |
| 9 | Whitney | Whitney | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 fund | compound |
| 10 | fund | fund | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 income | nmod |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 used | aux:pass |
| 12 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 construction | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 construction | det |
| 15 | construction | construction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 used | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 thermometers | case |
| 17 | special | special | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 thermometers | amod |
| 18 | resistance | resistance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 thermometers | compound |
| 19 | thermometers | thermometer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 construction | nmod |
| 20 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 thermometers | acl |
| 21 | by | by | ADP | _ | 22 Leeds | case |
| 22 | Leeds | Leeds | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 made | obl |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 Northrup | cc |
| 24 | Northrup | Northrup | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Leeds | conj |
| 25 | at | at | ADP | _ | 26 Baltimore | case |
| 26 | Baltimore | Baltimore | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 made | obl |
| 27 | under | under | ADP | _ | 29 direction | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 direction | det |
| 29 | direction | direction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 made | obl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 Drs | case |
| 31 | Drs | Drs | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 direction | nmod |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 used | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | past · passive | the first available income of the Whitney fund | 1910 | in the construction of special resistance thermometers | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||
| 2 | make | participle | special resistance thermometers not said here | Baltimore | by Leeds and Northrup; under the direction of Drs | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | |||
| 3 | construct | special resistance thermometers | nom construction «act 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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