--- title: In 1901 the United States survey ship “Nero,” while studying out a r… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: In 1901 the United States survey ship “Nero,” while studying out a route for a cable line to the Philippines, made a sounding some distance to the southeast of the island of Guam of 31,596 feet, which beat the world’s record for sea depth up to that time. 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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 (United States, 31,596 feet, world), 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:pg66516:25:9 # text = In 1901 the United States survey ship “Nero,” while studying out a route for a cable line to the Philippines, made a sounding some distance to the southeast of the island of Guam of 31,596 feet, which beat the world’s record for sea depth up to that time. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 1901 1901 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 United United ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 States State PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 survey survey VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Nero Nero PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 12 while while SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 studying study VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 14 out out ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 route route NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 cable cable NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Philippines Philippines PROPN NNPS Number=Ptan 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 sounding sound VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 amod _ _ 28 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 29 det _ _ 29 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 southeast southeast NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Guam Guam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 31,596 31,596 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 40 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 43 beat beat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’s 's PART POS _ 45 case _ _ 47 record record NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 depth depth NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 51 up up ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 54 det _ _ 54 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **survey** | present | the United States | ship | | 1901 | | Nero *parataxis* | tree rules | | 2 | **study out** | gerund | the United States *not said here* | a route | | | | for a cable line to the Philippines | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent route=Theme for line=Attribute | | 3 | **make** | past | | a sounding distance | | | | to the southeast of the island of Guam of 31,596 feet | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset distance=Product | | 4 | **sound** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **beat up** | past | 31,596 feet | the world's record | | | time | for sea depth | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location record=Theme | | 6 | **record** | | the world | | | | | for sea depth | nom record «communication transitive»: poss=agent for=obl | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/25/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/25/10/) - ↑ back to [The Crack in the Floor of the Pacific](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/25/)