Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Foundation of the Observatory, sentence 94
The fundamental idea expressed at the time of the formation of the Hawaiian Volcano Research Association was to the effect that the crater observations should be continuous and permanent.
Who acts: fundamental idea, crater observations · What happens: express, be · To what, where: fundamental idea
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 (fundamental idea, crater observations), 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 | 3 idea | det |
| 2 | fundamental | fundamental | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 idea | amod |
| 3 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 effect | nsubj |
| 4 | expressed | express | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 idea | acl |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 time | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 time | det |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 expressed | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 formation | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 formation | det |
| 10 | formation | formation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 time | nmod |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 Association | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Association | det |
| 13 | Hawaiian | Hawaiian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Association | nsubj |
| 14 | Volcano | Volcano | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Association | compound |
| 15 | Research | Research | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Association | compound |
| 16 | Association | Association | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 formation | nmod |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 effect | cop |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 effect | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 effect | det |
| 20 | effect | effect | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 21 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 27 continuous | mark |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 observations | det |
| 23 | crater | crater | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 observations | compound |
| 24 | observations | observation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 continuous | nsubj |
| 25 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 27 continuous | aux |
| 26 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 27 continuous | cop |
| 27 | continuous | continuous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 effect | advcl |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 permanent | cc |
| 29 | permanent | permanent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 continuous | conj |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 effect | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | express | participle | the fundamental idea not said here | time | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | past | the fundamental idea | to the effect | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | should | the crater observations | continuous property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | be | the crater observations not said here | tree rules |
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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