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title: The nearest approach to a geyser deposit such as abounds in central… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: The nearest approach to a geyser deposit such as abounds in central Mexico is found on Molokai and around the small crater Leahi (Diamond Head), near Honolulu. Who acts: geyser deposit. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, The Hawaiian Islands, with its depe
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), The Hawaiian Islands, sentence 22

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The nearest approach to a geyser deposit such as abounds in central Mexico is found on Molokai and around the small crater Leahi (Diamond Head), near Honolulu.

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**Who acts:** geyser deposit · **What happens:** abound, find · **To what, where:** central Mexico, nearest approach, Molokai

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, The Hawaiian Islands. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (geyser deposit), 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:pg66516:2:22
# text = The nearest approach to a geyser deposit such as abounds in central Mexico is found on Molokai and around the small crater Leahi (Diamond Head), near Honolulu.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	nearest	near	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	approach	approach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	geyser	geyser	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	deposit	deposit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=SCONJ	10	mark	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	abounds	abound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	central	central	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	Mexico	Mexico	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Molokai	Molokai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
19	around	around	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	crater	crater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	_
23	Leahi	Leahi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	appos	_	_
24	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	Diamond	diamond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	_
26	Head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
29	near	near	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	Honolulu	Honolulu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abound** | present | a geyser deposit *not said here* |  |  | central Mexico |  |  | vn swarm-47.5.1-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mexico=Location |
| 2 | **find** | present · passive |  | the nearest approach to a geyser deposit |  | Molokai and the small crater |  | near Honolulu | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=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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