Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Foundation of the Observatory, sentence 65
For two years in succession, 1910 and 1911, it was impossible for any of the professors of geology at the Institute to go to Hawaii, so arrangements were made with Mr. F.
What happens: be, go, make · To what, where: Institute, Hawaii, arrangements
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 | For | for | ADP | _ | 3 years | case |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 years | nummod |
| 3 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 impossible | obl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 succession | case |
| 5 | succession | succession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 years | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 1910 | punct |
| 7 | 1910 | 1910 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 succession | appos |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 1911 | cc |
| 9 | 1911 | 1911 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 1910 | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 years | punct |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 impossible | expl |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 impossible | cop |
| 13 | impossible | impossible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 any | case |
| 15 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 13 impossible | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 professors | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 professors | det |
| 18 | professors | professor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 any | nmod |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 geology | case |
| 20 | geology | geology | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 professors | nmod |
| 21 | at | at | ADP | _ | 23 Institute | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 Institute | det |
| 23 | Institute | Institute | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 impossible | obl |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 go | mark |
| 25 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 Institute | acl |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 Hawaii | case |
| 27 | Hawaii | Hawaii | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 go | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 made | punct |
| 29 | so | so | ADV | _ | 32 made | advmod |
| 30 | arrangements | arrangement | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 made | nsubj:pass |
| 31 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 made | aux:pass |
| 32 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 impossible | conj |
| 33 | with | with | ADP | _ | 35 F | case |
| 34 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 F | nmod:desc |
| 35 | F | F | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 made | obl |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 impossible | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the Institute | year | for any of the professors of geology; impossible property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | go | to-infinitive | Hawaii | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to hawaii=Initial_Location | |||||
| 3 | make | past · passive | arrangements | with F Mr. | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
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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