--- title: These built up until they had nearly exhausted the lava available, o… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: These built up until they had nearly exhausted the lava available, owing to their height, and then a new vent, Mauna Loa, burst out in the center, filling a long spoon-shaped valley between them and to the southwest of Mauna Kea. Who acts: new vent. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (myth --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/1/30/) [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/) / 30 # Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Opening, sentence 30 These built up until they had nearly exhausted the lava available, owing to their height, and then a new vent, Mauna Loa, burst out in the center, filling a long spoon-shaped valley between them and to the southwest of Mauna Kea. **Who acts:** new vent · **What happens:** build up, exhaust, owe, burst out, fill, shape · **To what, where:** These, cones, height, center, long shaped valley 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 (new vent), 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:pg66516:1:30 # text = These built up until they had nearly exhausted the lava available, owing to their height, and then a new vent, Mauna Loa, burst out in the center, filling a long spoon-shaped valley between them and to the southwest of Mauna Kea. 1 These this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 until until SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 exhausted exhaust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 lava lava NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 available available ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 owing owe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 19 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 vent vent NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 Mauna Mauna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 appos _ _ 25 Loa Loa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 27 burst burst VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 28 out out ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 center center NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 filling fill VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 35 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 36 spoon spoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 shaped shape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 amod _ _ 39 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 40 between between ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nmod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 southwest southwest NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 Mauna Mauna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 Kea Kea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build up** | participle · passive | | These | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **exhaust** | past · perfect · passive | | cones *= cone* | | | | the lava *obj*; nearly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer lava=Result | | 3 | **owe** | gerund | | | | | | to cones's height *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to height=Goal | | 4 | **burst out** | past | a new vent | | | the center | then | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in center=Location | | 5 | **fill** | gerund | a new vent *not said here* | a long shaped valley | | | | between cones *= cone* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent valley=Patient | | 6 | **shape** | participle | | | | | | spoon *compound* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/1/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/1/31/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/1/)