Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Foundation of the Observatory, sentence 98
Accordingly it is proposed in the Hawaiian Observatory to combine two objects, record of facts of volcanology and seismology by the permanent staff, and surveys in the field of special topics by expert specialists invited to come from other institutions.
Who acts: expert specialists · What happens: propose, combine, invite, come, record · To what, where: spirit, Hawaiian Observatory, two objects, expert specialists, other institutions, facts
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 (expert specialists), 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 | Accordingly | accordingly | ADV | _ | 4 proposed | advmod |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 proposed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 proposed | aux:pass |
| 4 | proposed | propose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 Observatory | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Observatory | det |
| 7 | Hawaiian | Hawaiian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Observatory | compound |
| 8 | Observatory | Observatory | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 proposed | obl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 combine | mark |
| 10 | combine | combine | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 proposed | advcl |
| 11 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 objects | nummod |
| 12 | objects | object | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 combine | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 record | punct |
| 14 | record | record | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 objects | appos |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 facts | case |
| 16 | facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 record | nmod |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 volcanology | case |
| 18 | volcanology | volcanology | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 facts | nmod |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 seismology | cc |
| 20 | seismology | seismology | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 volcanology | conj |
| 21 | by | by | ADP | _ | 24 staff | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 staff | det |
| 23 | permanent | permanent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 staff | amod |
| 24 | staff | staff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 combine | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 surveys | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 surveys | cc |
| 27 | surveys | survey | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 proposed | obl |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 field | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 field | det |
| 30 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 surveys | nmod |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 topics | case |
| 32 | special | special | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 topics | amod |
| 33 | topics | topic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 field | nmod |
| 34 | by | by | ADP | _ | 36 specialists | case |
| 35 | expert | expert | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 specialists | amod |
| 36 | specialists | specialist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 proposed | obl |
| 37 | invited | invite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 specialists | acl |
| 38 | to | to | PART | _ | 39 come | mark |
| 39 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 invited | xcomp |
| 40 | from | from | ADP | _ | 42 institutions | case |
| 41 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 institutions | amod |
| 42 | institutions | institution | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 come | obl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 proposed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | propose | present · passive | expert specialists | spirit | the Hawaiian Observatory | surveys in the field of special topics obl; accordingly property | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ||
| 2 | combine | to-infinitive | expert specialists not said here | two objects | by the permanent staff | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Patient | |||
| 3 | invite | participle | expert specialists not said here | vn promote-102 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | come not said to happen | to-infinitive | expert specialists not said here | other institutions | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from institution=Initial_Location | ||||
| 5 | record | facts of volcanology and seismology | nom record «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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