Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Foundation of the Observatory, sentence 78
On January 19 a subscription was started in the town of Hilo to provide funds wherewith to build a laboratory near the Volcano House for the use of the representative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology engaged in volcanic research.
Who acts: use · What happens: start, provide, build, engage · To what, where: subscription, town, funds, laboratory, Volcano House, volcanic research
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 (use), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 2 January | case |
| 2 | January | January | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 started | obl |
| 3 | 19 | 19 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 January | nmod:unmarked |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 subscription | det |
| 5 | subscription | subscription | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 started | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 started | aux:pass |
| 7 | started | start | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 town | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 town | det |
| 10 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 started | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Hilo | case |
| 12 | Hilo | Hilo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 town | nmod |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 provide | mark |
| 14 | provide | provide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 build | advcl |
| 15 | funds | fund | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 provide | obj |
| 16 | wherewith | wherewith | ADV | PronType=Int | 18 build | advmod |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 build | mark |
| 18 | build | build | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 7 started | parataxis |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 laboratory | det |
| 20 | laboratory | laboratory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 build | obj |
| 21 | near | near | ADP | _ | 24 House | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 House | det |
| 23 | Volcano | Volcano | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 House | compound |
| 24 | House | House | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 build | obl |
| 25 | for | for | ADP | _ | 27 use | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 use | det |
| 27 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 build | obl |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 representative | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 representative | det |
| 30 | representative | representative | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 engaged | obl |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 Institute | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Institute | det |
| 33 | Massachusetts | Massachusetts | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 Institute | compound |
| 34 | Institute | Institute | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 representative | nmod |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 Technology | case |
| 36 | Technology | Technology | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 Institute | nmod |
| 37 | engaged | engage | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 use | acl:relcl |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 research | case |
| 39 | volcanic | volcanic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 research | amod |
| 40 | research | research | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 engaged | obl |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 started | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | past · passive | a subscription | the town of Hilo | january | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | provide | to-infinitive | funds | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fund=Theme | |||||
| 3 | build | to-infinitive | a laboratory | the Volcano House | for the use; wherewith property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent laboratory=Product for use=Asset | |||
| 4 | engage | past | the use not said here | in volcanic research goal; of the representative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent in research=Goal |
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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