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title: However this may be, there is some agreement that the depth from whi… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: However this may be, there is some agreement that the depth from which the liquids come is about seventy miles and we know that vast quantities of gas escape with them. Who acts: this, liquids, depth, we. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Opening, with it
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Opening, sentence 17

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However this may be, there is some agreement that the depth from which the liquids come is about seventy miles and we know that vast quantities of gas escape with them.

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**Who acts:** this, liquids, depth, we, vast quantities · **What happens:** be, come, know, escape · **To what, where:** agreement, depth, seventy miles · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (this, liquids, depth, we), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg66516:1:17
# text = However this may be, there is some agreement that the depth from which the liquids come is about seventy miles and we know that vast quantities of gas escape with them.
1	However	however	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
2	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	7	expl	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	agreement	agreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	depth	depth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	obl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	liquids	liquid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
17	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
19	about	about	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
20	seventy	seventy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	advcl	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
25	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
26	vast	vast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	quantities	quantity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	nsubj	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	_
30	escape	escape	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	ccomp	_	_
31	with	with	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | may | this | some agreement |  |  |  | however *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | present | the liquids |  |  | the depth |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from which=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **is a** | present | the depth | seventy miles |  |  |  | about *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **know** | present | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 5 | **escape** | present | vast quantities of gas |  |  |  |  | with gases *= gas* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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**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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