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title: It might be worth while for some student of the Atlantic Coast or Eu… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: It might be worth while for some student of the Atlantic Coast or Europe to find the derivation of the name Pele as applied to the explosive volcano of Martinique, and note its apparent connection with the Pacific languages. Who acts: It. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by 
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Genealogy of the Pele Family, sentence 48

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It might be worth while for some student of the Atlantic Coast or Europe to find the derivation of the name Pele as applied to the explosive volcano of Martinique, and note its apparent connection with the Pacific languages.

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**Who acts:** It · **What happens:** be, find, apply, note · **To what, where:** derivation, apparent connection

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Genealogy of the Pele Family. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (It), 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:pg66516:13:48
# text = It might be worth while for some student of the Atlantic Coast or Europe to find the derivation of the name Pele as applied to the explosive volcano of Martinique, and note its apparent connection with the Pacific languages.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	student	student	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Atlantic	Atlantic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Coast	Coast	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	csubj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	derivation	derivation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
22	Pele	Pele	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	appos	_	_
23	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
24	applied	apply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	advcl	_	_
25	to	to	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	explosive	explosive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	volcano	volcano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	Martinique	Martinique	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
33	note	note	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
34	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
35	apparent	apparent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	connection	connection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obj	_	_
37	with	with	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
39	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	compound	_	_
40	languages	language	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | might | It |  |  |  |  | worth *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | the derivation of the name |  |  |  | for some student of the Atlantic Coast or Europe | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent derivation=Theme for student=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **apply** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | to the explosive volcano of Martinique | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **note** | infinitive |  | sun's apparent connection |  |  |  | with the Pacific languages | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent connection=Topic |

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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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