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title: It is interesting to note the fact that all along the western coast… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: It is interesting to note the fact that all along the western coast of North and South America there is only a comparatively narrow strip of land between the mountain ranges and the sea, and that from the edge of this narrow seacoast there is a rapid descent in the ocean bed until it becomes one of 
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), The Crack in the Floor of the Pacific, sentence 3

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It is interesting to note the fact that all along the western coast of North and South America there is only a comparatively narrow strip of land between the mountain ranges and the sea, and that from the edge of this narrow seacoast there is a rapid descent in the ocean bed until it becomes one of the most profound oceanic depressions on the globe.

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**Who acts:** fact, descent · **What happens:** be, note, become · **To what, where:** narrow strip

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, The Crack in the Floor of the Pacific. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fact, descent), 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:pg66516:25:3
# text = It is interesting to note the fact that all along the western coast of North and South America there is only a comparatively narrow strip of land between the mountain ranges and the sea, and that from the edge of this narrow seacoast there is a rapid descent in the ocean bed until it becomes one of the most profound oceanic depressions on the globe.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	interesting	interesting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	note	note	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	csubj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
9	all	all	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
10	along	along	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	western	western	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
18	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
19	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	20	expl	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
21	only	only	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
23	comparatively	comparatively	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	strip	strip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
28	between	between	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	compound	_	_
31	ranges	range	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nmod	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	obl	_	_
38	from	from	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
42	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	44	det	_	_
43	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
44	seacoast	seacoast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	_
45	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	46	expl	_	_
46	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	37	fixed	_	_
47	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
48	rapid	rapid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	descent	descent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nsubj	_	_
50	in	in	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
52	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	compound	_	_
53	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	_
54	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	56	mark	_	_
55	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
56	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	46	advcl	_	_
57	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	56	xcomp	_	_
58	of	of	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
60	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	61	advmod	_	_
61	profound	profound	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	amod	_	_
62	oceanic	oceanic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	amod	_	_
63	depressions	depression	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	57	nmod	_	_
64	on	on	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
65	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
66	globe	globe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | that *obl*; interesting *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **note** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | present | the fact | a narrow strip |  |  |  | of land; between the mountain ranges and the sea | tree rules |
| 4 | **become** | present | descent |  |  |  |  | one of the profound oceanic depressions on the globe *xcomp* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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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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