Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Foundation of the Observatory, sentence 68
The Institute is indebted to the Carnegie Geophysical Laboratory for co-operation and for the thermo-element which was used in the final test, and to the Volcanic Research Society of Springfield, Mass., for the loan of the services of Mr. Perret, his salary being continued by that society during his Hawaiian journey.
Who acts: Volcanic Research Society, society, Institute · What happens: indebt, use, continue, loan, service, journey · To what, where: Institute, thermo element, final test, salary, services, Perret
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 (Volcanic Research Society, society, Institute), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Institute | det |
| 2 | Institute | institute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 indebted | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 indebted | aux:pass |
| 4 | indebted | indebt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 Laboratory | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Laboratory | det |
| 7 | Carnegie | Carnegie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Laboratory | compound |
| 8 | Geophysical | Geophysical | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Laboratory | compound |
| 9 | Laboratory | Laboratory | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 indebted | obl |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 co-operation | case |
| 11 | co-operation | co-operation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 indebted | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 element | cc |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 element | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 element | det |
| 15 | thermo | thermo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 element | compound |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 thermo | punct |
| 17 | element | element | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 co-operation | conj |
| 18 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 used | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 used | aux:pass |
| 20 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 element | acl:relcl |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 test | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 test | det |
| 23 | final | final | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 test | amod |
| 24 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 used | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 Society | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 Society | cc |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 Society | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 Society | det |
| 29 | Volcanic | Volcanic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 Society | compound |
| 30 | Research | Research | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 Society | compound |
| 31 | Society | Society | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 indebted | obl:agent |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 Springfield | case |
| 33 | Springfield | Springfield | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 Society | nmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 Mass | punct |
| 35 | Mass | Mass | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 Society | conj |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 indebted | punct |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 loan | punct |
| 38 | for | for | ADP | _ | 40 loan | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 loan | det |
| 40 | loan | loan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 indebted | parataxis |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 services | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 services | det |
| 43 | services | service | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 loan | nmod |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 Perret | case |
| 45 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 Perret | nmod:desc |
| 46 | Perret | Perret | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 services | nmod |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 salary | punct |
| 48 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 salary | nmod:poss |
| 49 | salary | salary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 loan | conj |
| 50 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 51 continued | aux:pass |
| 51 | continued | continue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 49 salary | acl |
| 52 | by | by | ADP | _ | 54 society | case |
| 53 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 54 society | det |
| 54 | society | society | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 continued | obl |
| 55 | during | during | ADP | _ | 58 journey | case |
| 56 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 58 journey | nmod:poss |
| 57 | Hawaiian | hawaiian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 journey | amod |
| 58 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 continued | obl |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 indebted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | indebt | present · passive | the Volcanic Research Society of Springfield and Mass | the Institute | to the Carnegie Geophysical Laboratory; for co-operation and the thermo element; the loan of the services of Perret Mr. and Institute's salary parataxis | tree rules | |||
| 2 | use | past · passive | the thermo element | the final test | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 3 | continue | gerund · passive | that society | Institute's salary not said here | during Institute's Hawaiian journey | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 4 | loan | the services of Perret Mr. | nom loan «possession transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 5 | service | Perret Mr. | nom service «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 6 | journey | Institute | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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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