Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Foundation of the Observatory, sentence 76
Funds for the running expense of an observatory on Hawaii to the amount of $5,000 annually for five years from January 1, 1912, exclusive of the funds furnished by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were subscribed, the full amount in the event of failure on the part of individual subscribers being guaranteed by Mr. Clarence H. Cooke, treasurer, through the generosity of Mr. Cooke and his associates of the estate of C. M. Cooke, Ltd.
Who acts: Clarence · What happens: run, furnish, subscribe, guarantee · To what, where: funds, individual subscribers
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 (Clarence), 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 | Funds | fund | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 subscribed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 expense | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 expense | det |
| 4 | running | run | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 expense | amod |
| 5 | expense | expense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Funds | nmod |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 observatory | case |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 observatory | det |
| 8 | observatory | observatory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 expense | nmod |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 Hawaii | case |
| 10 | Hawaii | Hawaii | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 observatory | nmod |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 amount | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 amount | det |
| 13 | amount | amount | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 observatory | nmod |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 $ | case |
| 15 | $ | $ | SYM | _ | 13 amount | nmod |
| 16 | 5,000 | 5000 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 $ | nummod |
| 17 | annually | annually | ADV | _ | 15 $ | advmod |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 years | case |
| 19 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 20 years | nummod |
| 20 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 $ | nmod |
| 21 | from | from | ADP | _ | 23 1 | case |
| 22 | January | January | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 1 | nmod:unmarked |
| 23 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 20 years | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 1912 | punct |
| 25 | 1912 | 1912 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 23 1 | flat |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 exclusive | punct |
| 27 | exclusive | exclusive | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Funds | conj |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 funds | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 funds | det |
| 30 | funds | fund | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 exclusive | nmod |
| 31 | furnished | furnish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 funds | acl |
| 32 | by | by | ADP | _ | 35 Institute | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 Institute | det |
| 34 | Massachusetts | Massachusetts | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Institute | compound |
| 35 | Institute | Institute | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 furnished | obl |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 Technology | case |
| 37 | Technology | Technology | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Institute | nmod |
| 38 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 subscribed | aux:pass |
| 39 | subscribed | subscribe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 amount | punct |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 amount | det |
| 42 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 amount | amod |
| 43 | amount | amount | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 subscribed | obl |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 event | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 event | det |
| 46 | event | event | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 amount | nmod |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 failure | case |
| 48 | failure | failure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 event | nmod |
| 49 | on | on | ADP | _ | 51 part | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 part | det |
| 51 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 amount | nmod |
| 52 | of | of | ADP | _ | 54 subscribers | case |
| 53 | individual | individual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 subscribers | amod |
| 54 | subscribers | subscriber | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 part | nmod |
| 55 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 56 guaranteed | aux:pass |
| 56 | guaranteed | guarantee | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 54 subscribers | acl |
| 57 | by | by | ADP | _ | 59 Clarence | case |
| 58 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 59 Clarence | nmod:desc |
| 59 | Clarence | Clarence | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 guaranteed | obl:agent |
| 60 | H. | H. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 59 Clarence | flat |
| 61 | Cooke | Cooke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 59 Clarence | flat |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 treasurer | punct |
| 63 | treasurer | treasurer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 Clarence | conj |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 generosity | punct |
| 65 | through | through | ADP | _ | 67 generosity | case |
| 66 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 67 generosity | det |
| 67 | generosity | generosity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 subscribed | conj |
| 68 | of | of | ADP | _ | 70 Cooke | case |
| 69 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 70 Cooke | nmod:desc |
| 70 | Cooke | Cooke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 67 generosity | nmod |
| 71 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 73 associates | cc |
| 72 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 73 associates | nmod:poss |
| 73 | associates | associate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 70 Cooke | conj |
| 74 | of | of | ADP | _ | 76 estate | case |
| 75 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 76 estate | det |
| 76 | estate | estate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 associates | nmod |
| 77 | of | of | ADP | _ | 79 M. | case |
| 78 | C. | C. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 79 M. | compound |
| 79 | M. | M. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 76 estate | nmod |
| 80 | Cooke | Cooke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 79 M. | flat |
| 81 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 82 Ltd. | punct |
| 82 | Ltd. | Ltd. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 79 M. | conj |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | gerund | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | furnish | participle | the funds not said here | by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | subscribe | past · passive | Funds for the running expense of a observatory on Hawaii to the amount and exclusive of the funds | the full amount in the event of failure on the part of individual subscribers obl; the generosity of Cooke Mr. and fund's associates of the estate of C. M. and Ltd. conj | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | guarantee | gerund · passive | Clarence Mr. and treasurer | individual subscribers not said here | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition |
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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