--- title: Professor C. H. Hitchcock, the eminent geologist, says: “The name pa… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: Professor C. H. Hitchcock, the eminent geologist, says: “The name pa-hoe-hoe signifies having the aspect of satin or having a shining smooth surface. Who acts: C., name. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. 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D. Westervelt, Hawaiian Volcanoes. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (C., name), 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:pg66516:26:47 # text = Professor C. H. Hitchcock, the eminent geologist, says: “The name pa-hoe-hoe signifies having the aspect of satin or having a shining smooth surface. 1 Professor professor NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 C. C. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 3 H. H. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 Hitchcock Hitchcock PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 eminent eminent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 geologist geologist NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 15 pa pa NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 hoe hoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 hoe hoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 appos _ _ 20 signifies signify VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 21 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 ccomp _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 aspect aspect NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 satin satin NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 or or CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 conj _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 amod _ _ 30 smooth smooth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | C. Professor and the eminent geologist | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **signify** *in a quote* | present | the name | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | gerund | the name *not said here* | the aspect of satin | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aspect=Patient | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | gerund | the name *not said here* | a shining smooth surface | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surface=Patient | | 5 | **shine** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/26/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/26/48/) - ↑ back to [Hawaiian Volcanoes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/26/)