Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Foundation of the Observatory, sentence 93
An additional hut constructed wholly without iron for possible magnetic work was built on the verge of Halemaumau for direct instrumental observations of the lava, under shelter.
What happens: construct, build, observe · To what, where: additional hut, verge, lava
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 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 hut | det |
| 2 | additional | additional | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 hut | amod |
| 3 | hut | hut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 built | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | constructed | construct | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 hut | acl |
| 5 | wholly | wholly | ADV | _ | 4 constructed | advmod |
| 6 | without | without | ADP | _ | 7 iron | case |
| 7 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 constructed | obl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 work | case |
| 9 | possible | possible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 work | amod |
| 10 | magnetic | magnetic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 work | amod |
| 11 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 constructed | obl |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 built | aux:pass |
| 13 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 16 verge | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 verge | det |
| 16 | verge | verge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 built | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 Halemaumau | case |
| 18 | Halemaumau | Halemaumau | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 verge | nmod |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 observations | case |
| 20 | direct | direct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 observations | amod |
| 21 | instrumental | instrumental | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 observations | amod |
| 22 | observations | observation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 built | obl |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 lava | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 lava | det |
| 25 | lava | lava | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 observations | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 shelter | punct |
| 27 | under | under | ADP | _ | 28 shelter | case |
| 28 | shelter | shelter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 built | parataxis |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 built | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | construct | participle | a additional hut not said here | without iron; for possible magnetic work; wholly property | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for work=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | build | past · passive | a additional hut | the verge of Halemaumau | for direct instrumental observations of the lava; shelter parataxis | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Material for observation=Beneficiary | |||
| 3 | observe | the lava | nom observation «act 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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