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title: On the third day they ventured to proceed on their way, but had not… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: On the third day they ventured to proceed on their way, but had not advanced far before a more terrible and destructive eruption than any before took place; an account of which, taken from the lips of those who were part of the company and present in the scene, may not be an unwelcome digression. Wh
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), The Annihilation of Keoua’s Army, sentence 36

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On the third day they ventured to proceed on their way, but had not advanced far before a more terrible and destructive eruption than any before took place; an account of which, taken from the lips of those who were part of the company and present in the scene, may not be an unwelcome digression.

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**Who acts:** stones · **What happens:** venture, proceed, not advance, take, be, not be · **To what, where:** account, way, place, lips, part, unwelcome digression

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, The Annihilation of Keoua’s Army. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (stones), 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:pg66516:21:36
# text = On the third day they ventured to proceed on their way, but had not advanced far before a more terrible and destructive eruption than any before took place; an account of which, taken from the lips of those who were part of the company and present in the scene, may not be an unwelcome digression.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
4	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	ventured	venture	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	proceed	proceed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	advanced	advance	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
17	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	_
18	before	before	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
20	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	21	advmod	_	_
21	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	destructive	destructive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	conj	_	_
24	eruption	eruption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
25	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
26	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	28	det	_	_
27	before	before	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
28	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	_
29	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	36	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
36	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	32	acl:relcl	_	_
37	from	from	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	lips	lip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obl	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	39	nmod	_	_
42	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	44	nsubj	_	_
43	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	cop	_	_
44	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	acl:relcl	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nmod	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
49	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	conj	_	_
50	in	in	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	scene	scene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
54	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	59	aux	_	_
55	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	59	advmod	_	_
56	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	59	cop	_	_
57	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
58	unwelcome	unwelcome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	_
59	digression	digression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **venture** | past | stones *= stone* | a account |  |  | day |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **proceed** | to-infinitive | stones *= stone* *not said here* |  |  | stones's way |  |  | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **advance** | past · perfect | stones *= stone* *not said here* |  |  |  | before a terrible eruption | far *property* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **take** | past | stones *= stone* *not said here* | place |  |  |  | before *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme |
| 5 | **take** | participle |  |  |  | the lips of those |  | of a account | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent of which=Initial\_Location |
| 6 | **is a** | past |  | part and present in the scene |  |  |  | of the company; who *nsubj*; present in the scene *conj* | tree rules |
| 7 | **not** **is a** | may |  | a unwelcome digression |  |  |  |  | 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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