--- title: The last activity along this crack appears to have moved slowly thro… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: The last activity along this crack appears to have moved slowly through thousands of years from west to east, and each volcanic mountain that was built made a stopper to force the liquid out along the crack farther eastward until finally two live volcanoes, Mauna Loa and Kilauea, were left at the ex --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/1/14/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mytholo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/) / [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/1/) / 14 # Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Opening, sentence 14 The last activity along this crack appears to have moved slowly through thousands of years from west to east, and each volcanic mountain that was built made a stopper to force the liquid out along the crack farther eastward until finally two live volcanoes, Mauna Loa and Kilauea, were left at the extreme east end, still spouting out the liquid and building up domes. **Who acts:** last activity, volcanic mountain · **What happens:** appear, move, build, make, force out, leave · **To what, where:** thousands, volcanic mountain, stopper, liquid, extreme east end, domes This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (last activity, volcanic mountain), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg66516:1:14 # text = The last activity along this crack appears to have moved slowly through thousands of years from west to east, and each volcanic mountain that was built made a stopper to force the liquid out along the crack farther eastward until finally two live volcanoes, Mauna Loa and Kilauea, were left at the extreme east end, still spouting out the liquid and building up domes. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 activity activity NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 along along ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 crack crack NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 appears appear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 9 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux _ _ 10 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 ccomp _ _ 11 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 through through ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 thousands thousand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 west west NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 east east NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 22 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 24 det _ _ 23 volcanic volcanic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl:relcl _ _ 28 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 stopper stopper NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 force force VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 liquid liquid NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 out out ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 36 along along ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 crack crack NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 39 farther far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 40 advmod _ _ 40 eastward eastward ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 41 until until ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 finally finally ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nummod _ _ 44 live live ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 volcanoes volcano NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 47 Mauna Mauna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 48 Loa Loa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 flat _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 Kilauea Kilauea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 54 at at ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 56 extreme extreme ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 57 east east ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 60 still still ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 61 spouting spout VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 53 advcl _ _ 62 out out ADP RP _ 61 compound:prt _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 liquid liquid NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obj _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 66 building build VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 61 conj _ _ 67 up up ADP RP _ 66 compound:prt _ _ 68 domes dome NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | present | the last activity along this crack | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **move** | to-infinitive · perfect | the last activity along this crack *not said here* | | | thousands of years | | from west to east; slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme through thousand=Source from west=Trajectory | | 3 | **build** | past · passive | | each volcanic mountain | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 4 | **make** | past | each volcanic mountain | a stopper | | | | Mauna and Kilauea *obj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset stopper=Beneficiary mauna=Product | | 5 | **force out** | to-infinitive | each volcanic mountain *not said here* | the liquid | | | until two live volcanoes | along the crack; eastward, out *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent liquid=Theme | | 6 | **leave** | past · passive | each volcanic mountain *not said here* | | | | at the extreme east end | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: at end=Location | | 7 | **spout out** | gerund | each volcanic mountain *not said here* | the liquid | | | still | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location liquid=Source | | 8 | **build up** | gerund | each volcanic mountain *not said here* | domes | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer dome=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. - ← previous: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/1/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/1/15/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/1/)