Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Foundation of the Observatory, sentence 9
After mature deliberation Professor Jaggar concluded that Kilauea affords the best point for the location of the proposed observatory among those places in the world which have come to his knowledge, for the following reasons:
Who acts: Professor, Kilauea, places · What happens: conclude, afford, propose, come, follow · To what, where: best point, knowledge
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 (Professor, Kilauea, places), 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 | After | after | ADP | _ | 3 deliberation | case |
| 2 | mature | mature | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 deliberation | amod |
| 3 | deliberation | deliberation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 concluded | obl |
| 4 | Professor | Professor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 concluded | nsubj |
| 5 | Jaggar | Jaggar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Professor | flat |
| 6 | concluded | conclude | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 affords | mark |
| 8 | Kilauea | Kilauea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 affords | nsubj |
| 9 | affords | afford | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 concluded | ccomp |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 point | det |
| 11 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 12 point | amod |
| 12 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 affords | obj |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 location | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 location | det |
| 15 | location | location | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 point | nmod |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 observatory | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 observatory | det |
| 18 | proposed | propose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 observatory | amod |
| 19 | observatory | observatory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 location | nmod |
| 20 | among | among | ADP | _ | 22 places | case |
| 21 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 22 places | det |
| 22 | places | place | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 observatory | nmod |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 world | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 world | det |
| 25 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 places | nmod |
| 26 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 come | nsubj |
| 27 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 come | aux |
| 28 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 22 places | acl:relcl |
| 29 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 knowledge | case |
| 30 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 knowledge | nmod:poss |
| 31 | knowledge | knowledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 come | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 reasons | punct |
| 33 | for | for | ADP | _ | 36 reasons | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 reasons | det |
| 35 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 36 reasons | amod |
| 36 | reasons | reason | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 come | obl |
| 37 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 concluded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conclude | past | Professor | after mature deliberation | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | afford | present | Kilauea | the best point | for the location of the proposed observatory among that places in the world | tree rules | |||
| 3 | propose | participle | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | come | present · perfect | that places in the world | Kilauea's knowledge | for the following reasons | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to knowledge=Initial_Location | |||
| 5 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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