Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Foundation of the Observatory, sentence 64
During 1909 and 1910 three seismographs, in addition to the Bosch-Omori instruments already obtained with Whitney funds, were constructed for the Institute in Tokyo under Dr. Omori’s direction, and shipped to Honolulu.
Who acts: addition · What happens: instrument, obtain, construct, ship · To what, where: three seismographs, direction, Honolulu
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 (addition), 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 | During | during | ADP | _ | 2 1909 | case |
| 2 | 1909 | 1909 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 23 constructed | obl |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 1910 | cc |
| 4 | 1910 | 1910 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 1909 | conj |
| 5 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 seismographs | nummod |
| 6 | seismographs | seismograph | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 constructed | nsubj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 addition | punct |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 addition | case |
| 9 | addition | addition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 seismographs | appos |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 Omori | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Omori | det |
| 12 | Bosch | Bosch | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Omori | compound |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 Bosch | punct |
| 14 | Omori | Omori | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 instruments | obl |
| 15 | instruments | instrument | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 addition | acl:relcl |
| 16 | already | already | ADV | _ | 17 obtained | advmod |
| 17 | obtained | obtain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 instruments | xcomp |
| 18 | with | with | ADP | _ | 20 funds | case |
| 19 | Whitney | Whitney | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 funds | compound |
| 20 | funds | fund | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 obtained | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 seismographs | punct |
| 22 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 constructed | aux:pass |
| 23 | constructed | construct | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 24 | for | for | ADP | _ | 26 Institute | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 Institute | det |
| 26 | Institute | Institute | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 constructed | obl |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 Tokyo | case |
| 28 | Tokyo | Tokyo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 Institute | nmod |
| 29 | under | under | ADP | _ | 33 direction | case |
| 30 | Dr. | Dr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 Omori | nmod:desc |
| 31 | Omori | Omori | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 direction | nmod:poss |
| 32 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 31 Omori | case |
| 33 | direction | direction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 constructed | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 shipped | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 shipped | cc |
| 36 | shipped | ship | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 constructed | conj |
| 37 | to | to | ADP | _ | 38 Honolulu | case |
| 38 | Honolulu | Honolulu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 shipped | obl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 23 constructed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | instrument | present | addition not said here | to the Bosch Omori | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | obtain | participle | addition not said here | with Whitney funds | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||
| 3 | construct | past · passive | three seismographs | Omori Dr.'s direction | during 1909 | for the Institute in Tokyo | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Result for institute=Beneficiary | ||
| 4 | ship | participle | Honolulu | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to honolulu=Destination |
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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