--- title: Soon a dense cloud of darkness was seen to rise out of the crater, a… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: Soon a dense cloud of darkness was seen to rise out of the crater, and almost at the same instant the electrical effect upon the air was so great that the thunder began to roar in the heavens and the lightning to flash. Who acts: dense cloud, electrical effect, thunder. 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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 (dense cloud, electrical effect, thunder), 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:pg66516:21:39 # text = Soon a dense cloud of darkness was seen to rise out of the crater, and almost at the same instant the electrical effect upon the air was so great that the thunder began to roar in the heavens and the lightning to flash. 1 Soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 dense dense ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 out out ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 crater crater NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 almost almost ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 electrical electrical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 25 upon upon ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 acl:relcl _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 roar roar VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 heavens heaven NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 flash flash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past · passive | | a dense cloud of darkness | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **rise** | to-infinitive | a dense cloud of darkness *not said here* | | | the crater | | at the same instant | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent out crater=Location | | 3 | **is** | past | the electrical effect upon the air | the same instant *not said here* | | | | great *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **begin** | past | the thunder | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **roar** | to-infinitive | the thunder *not said here* | | | the heavens and the lightning | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in heaven=Location | | 6 | **flash** | to-infinitive | the thunder *not said here* | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **cloud** | | | darkness | | | | | nom cloud «phenomenon 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/21/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/21/40/) - ↑ back to [The Annihilation of Keoua’s Army](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/21/)