Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Foundation of the Observatory, sentence 72
Some $6,100, in addition to salaries, was spent by the Institute of Technology for its officers for work in Hawaii prior to 1912, and after Mr. Perret’s departure in November, 1911, an appropriation of $1,700 for Professor Jaggar’s work in Hawaii in the winter of 1912 was made from Technology funds.
Who acts: Institute, Perret, Jaggar · What happens: spend, make, depart, work · To what, where: work, Technology funds, Hawaii
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, Perret, Jaggar), 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 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 $ | det |
| 2 | $ | $ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 3 | 6,100 | 6,100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 $ | nummod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 addition | punct |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 addition | case |
| 6 | addition | addition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 $ | appos |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 salaries | case |
| 8 | salaries | salary | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 addition | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 spent | punct |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 spent | aux:pass |
| 11 | spent | spend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 $ | conj |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 Institute | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Institute | det |
| 14 | Institute | Institute | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 spent | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 Technology | case |
| 16 | Technology | technology | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 Institute | nmod |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 officers | case |
| 18 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 officers | nmod:poss |
| 19 | officers | officer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 spent | obl |
| 20 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 work | case |
| 21 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 spent | obl |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 Hawaii | case |
| 23 | Hawaii | Hawaii | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 work | nmod |
| 24 | prior | prior | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 26 1912 | case |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 prior | fixed |
| 26 | 1912 | 1912 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 spent | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 departure | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 departure | cc |
| 29 | after | after | ADP | _ | 33 departure | case |
| 30 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 Perret | nmod:desc |
| 31 | Perret | Perret | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 departure | nmod:poss |
| 32 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 31 Perret | case |
| 33 | departure | departure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 $ | appos |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 November | case |
| 35 | November | November | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 departure | nmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 1911 | punct |
| 37 | 1911 | 1911 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 $ | nummod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 appropriation | punct |
| 39 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 appropriation | det |
| 40 | appropriation | appropriation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 $ | appos |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 $ | case |
| 42 | $ | $ | SYM | _ | 40 appropriation | nmod |
| 43 | 1,700 | 1700 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 42 $ | nummod |
| 44 | for | for | ADP | _ | 48 work | case |
| 45 | Professor | Professor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 Jaggar | nmod:desc |
| 46 | Jaggar | Jaggar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 work | nmod:poss |
| 47 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 46 Jaggar | case |
| 48 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 appropriation | nmod |
| 49 | in | in | ADP | _ | 50 Hawaii | case |
| 50 | Hawaii | Hawaii | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 work | nmod |
| 51 | in | in | ADP | _ | 53 winter | case |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 winter | det |
| 53 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 made | obl |
| 54 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 1912 | case |
| 55 | 1912 | 1912 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 53 winter | nmod |
| 56 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 57 made | aux:pass |
| 57 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 48 work | acl |
| 58 | from | from | ADP | _ | 60 funds | case |
| 59 | Technology | technology | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 funds | compound |
| 60 | funds | fund | NOUN | Number=Plur | 57 made | obl |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 $ | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spend | past · passive | the Institute of Technology | for salary's officers; for work in Hawaii; prior 1912 | vn pay-68 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for officer=Theme | ||||
| 2 | make | past · passive | Jaggar Professor's work in Hawaii not said here | Technology funds | winter | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: from fund=Material | |||
| 4 | depart | Perret Mr. | in November | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent in=obl | |||||
| 5 | work | Jaggar Professor | Hawaii | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent in=place |
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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