--- title: This is accounted for by the fact that the melted glass is so charge… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: This is accounted for by the fact that the melted glass is so charged with gases under high pressure that it seethes up and down in the cracks and tubes which it occupies according to their form and size, and according to the coming together or opening apart of their walls, just as any sparkling win --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/1/20/) [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/) / 20 # Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Opening, sentence 20 This is accounted for by the fact that the melted glass is so charged with gases under high pressure that it seethes up and down in the cracks and tubes which it occupies according to their form and size, and according to the coming together or opening apart of their walls, just as any sparkling wine makes a foam which rises or falls according to the suddenness of the uncorking or to the size of the glass into which it is poured. **Who acts:** fact, glass, cracks, sparkling wine, foam, gases · **What happens:** account, melt, charge, seethe, occupy, accord · **To what, where:** This, melted glass, high pressure, cracks, foam 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 (fact, glass, cracks, sparkling wine), 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:pg66516:1:20 # text = This is accounted for by the fact that the melted glass is so charged with gases under high pressure that it seethes up and down in the cracks and tubes which it occupies according to their form and size, and according to the coming together or opening apart of their walls, just as any sparkling wine makes a foam which rises or falls according to the suddenness of the uncorking or to the size of the glass into which it is poured. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 accounted account VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 melted melt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 charged charge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 gases gas NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 17 under under ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 pressure pressure NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 seethes seethe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 23 up up ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 down down ADV RB _ 23 conj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 cracks crack NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 tubes tube NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 occupies occupy VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 34 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 case _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 34 fixed _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 42 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 58 case _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 42 fixed _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 45 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 58 csubj _ _ 46 together together ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 or or CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 opening open VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 45 conj _ _ 49 apart apart ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 54 just just ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 55 as as ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 58 det _ _ 57 sparkling sparkling ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 59 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 foam foam NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ _ 62 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 63 nsubj _ _ 63 rises rise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 acl:relcl _ _ 64 or or CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 falls fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 63 conj _ _ 66 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 69 case _ _ 67 to to ADP IN _ 66 fixed _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 suddenness suddenness NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ _ 70 of of ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 uncorking uncorking NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nmod _ _ 73 or or CCONJ CC _ 76 cc _ _ 74 to to ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 conj _ _ 77 of of ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 nmod _ _ 80 into into SCONJ IN _ 84 mark _ _ 81 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 84 nsubj:pass _ _ 82 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 84 nsubj:pass _ _ 83 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 84 aux:pass _ _ 84 poured pour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 65 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 85 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **account** | present · passive | | This | | | | for the fact | tree rules | | 2 | **melt** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **charge** | present · passive | the fact *not said here* | the melted glass | | high pressure | | with gases | vn equip-13.4.2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: subject=Recipient with gas=Theme | | 4 | **seethe** | present | glass | high pressure *not said here* | | the cracks and tubes | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location pressure=Theme | | 5 | **occupy** | present | the cracks and tubes | | | | | accord gases's form and size; glass *nsubj* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **come together** | gerund | | | | | | together *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **open** | gerund | | | | | | apart *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **make** | present | the sparkling wine | a foam | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material foam=Product | | 11 | **rise** | present | a foam | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **fall** | present | a foam *not said here* | | | | | accord the suddenness of the uncorking or the size of the glass | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 13 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 14 | **pour** | present · passive | | | | | | which *nsubj:pass*; wine *nsubj:pass* | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 15 | **form** | | gases *= gas* | | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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. 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