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title: This is due to the way in which the gas-charged liquid has become co… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: This is due to the way in which the gas-charged liquid has become confined under the solidified mountain, and so only at long intervals becomes so hot and so insinuating that it finds a way out and, once released, spouts like the open safety-valve of a steam engine until the gas pressure is relieved
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Opening, sentence 22

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This is due to the way in which the gas-charged liquid has become confined under the solidified mountain, and so only at long intervals becomes so hot and so insinuating that it finds a way out and, once released, spouts like the open safety-valve of a steam engine until the gas pressure is relieved.

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**Who acts:** This, charged liquid, long intervals, liquid, gas pressure · **What happens:** be, charge, become, confine, solidify, insinuate · **To what, where:** way, solidified mountain, spouts

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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, charged liquid, long intervals, liquid), 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:pg66516:1:22
# text = This is due to the way in which the gas-charged liquid has become confined under the solidified mountain, and so only at long intervals becomes so hot and so insinuating that it finds a way out and, once released, spouts like the open safety-valve of a steam engine until the gas pressure is relieved.
1	This	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	due	due	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	6	case	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	charged	charge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	become	become	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	acl:relcl	_	_
16	confined	confine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	xcomp	_	_
17	under	under	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	solidified	solidify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	amod	_	_
20	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
23	so	so	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
24	only	only	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
25	at	at	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	intervals	interval	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	nsubj	_	_
28	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
29	so	so	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
30	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	xcomp	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
32	so	so	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
33	insinuating	insinuate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	28	conj	_	_
34	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
35	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	33	advcl	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	_
39	out	out	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
42	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	43	advmod	_	_
43	released	release	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
45	spouts	spout	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obj	_	_
46	like	like	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
48	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
49	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	49	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	valve	valve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
53	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
54	steam	steam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	compound	_	_
55	engine	engine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nmod	_	_
56	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	61	mark	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
58	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	compound	_	_
59	pressure	pressure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	nsubj	_	_
60	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	61	cop	_	_
61	relieved	relieved	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | This |  |  |  |  | due the way | tree rules |
| 2 | **charge** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | gas *compound* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **become** | present · perfect | the charged liquid |  |  | the way |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **confine** | participle | the charged liquid *not said here* |  |  | the solidified mountain |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **solidify** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 6 | **become** | present | long intervals |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 7 | **insinuate** *speech: other* | gerund | long intervals *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **find** | present | liquid | a way |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic |
| 9 | **release** | participle | long intervals *not said here* | spouts |  |  |  | like the open safety valve of a steam engine; once *property* | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer spout=Source |
| 10 | **is** | present | the gas pressure |  |  |  |  | relieved *property* | tree rules |

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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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