--- title: This scientific study of active craters is still in its infancy and… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: This scientific study of active craters is still in its infancy and promises, as Professor Jaggar says, “to create a new science in which we may hope at some not distant day to predict the periods of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.” Who acts: scientific study, Professor, we. 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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 (scientific study, Professor, we), 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:pg66516:2:36 # text = This scientific study of active craters is still in its infancy and promises, as Professor Jaggar says, “to create a new science in which we may hope at some not distant day to predict the periods of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.” 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 scientific scientific ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 study study NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 active active ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 craters crater NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 8 still still ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 infancy infancy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 promises promise NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 Professor Professor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 Jaggar Jaggar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 flat _ _ 18 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 create create VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 science science NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 obl _ _ 28 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 hope hope VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 acl:relcl _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 35 det _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 predict predict VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 periods period NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 volcanic volcanic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 eruptions eruption NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 earthquakes earthquake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | this scientific study of active craters | | | study's infancy and promises | still | study *nmod:poss*; promises *conj* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Professor | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **create** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | a new science | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent science=Result | | 4 | **hope** *in a quote* | may | we | | | a new science | day | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **predict** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | the periods of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot period=Topic | | 6 | **study** | | | active craters | | | | | nom study «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/2/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/2/37/) - ↑ back to [The Hawaiian Islands](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/2/)