Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Foundation of the Observatory, sentence 80
The land for the Observatory, a tract of about three acres, was obtained on a sub-lease for fifteen years to October 1, 1927, from the Volcano House Company with the consent of the trustees of the Bishop Estate, the owners of the land.
What happens: obtain, consent · To what, where: land, sub-lease, trustees
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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 land | det |
| 2 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 obtained | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 Observatory | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Observatory | det |
| 5 | Observatory | Observatory | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 land | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 tract | punct |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 tract | det |
| 8 | tract | tract | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Observatory | appos |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 acres | case |
| 10 | about | about | ADV | _ | 11 three | advmod |
| 11 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 acres | nummod |
| 12 | acres | acre | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 tract | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 land | punct |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 obtained | aux:pass |
| 15 | obtained | obtain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 sub-lease | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 sub-lease | det |
| 18 | sub-lease | sub-lease | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 obtained | obl |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 years | case |
| 20 | fifteen | fifteen | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 21 years | nummod |
| 21 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 obtained | obl |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 1 | case |
| 23 | October | October | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 1 | nmod:unmarked |
| 24 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 21 years | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 1927 | punct |
| 26 | 1927 | 1927 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 24 1 | flat |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 Company | punct |
| 28 | from | from | ADP | _ | 32 Company | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 Company | det |
| 30 | Volcano | Volcano | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 Company | compound |
| 31 | House | House | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 Company | compound |
| 32 | Company | Company | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 obtained | obl |
| 33 | with | with | ADP | _ | 35 consent | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 consent | det |
| 35 | consent | consent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 Company | nmod |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 trustees | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 trustees | det |
| 38 | trustees | trustee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 consent | nmod |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 Estate | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 Estate | det |
| 41 | Bishop | Bishop | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 Estate | compound |
| 42 | Estate | Estate | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 trustees | nmod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 owners | punct |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 owners | det |
| 45 | owners | owner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 Company | conj |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 land | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 land | det |
| 48 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 owners | nmod |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 obtained | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | obtain | past · passive | the land for the Observatory | a sub-lease | year | from the Volcano House Company with the consent of the trustees of the Bishop Estate and the owners of the land | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from company=Source | ||
| 2 | consent | the trustees of the Bishop Estate | nom consent «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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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