--- title: Later it was again lowered, but, according to Professor Shepherd, “P… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: Later it was again lowered, but, according to Professor Shepherd, “Pele arose in her wrath, grasped the thermometer, flung hot lava on the supporting wires, thereby weakening them, and then with a final jerk broke the thermometer from its supports and swallowed it. Who acts: Pele, thermometer. 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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 (Pele, thermometer), 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:pg66516:26:63 # text = Later it was again lowered, but, according to Professor Shepherd, “Pele arose in her wrath, grasped the thermometer, flung hot lava on the supporting wires, thereby weakening them, and then with a final jerk broke the thermometer from its supports and swallowed it. 1 Later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 lowered lower VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 case _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 9 fixed _ _ 11 Professor Professor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:desc _ _ 12 Shepherd Shepherd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Pele Pele PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 21 grasped grasp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 thermometer thermometer NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 flung fling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 26 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 lava lava NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 supporting supporting NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 wires wire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 thereby thereby ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 weakening weaken VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 38 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 final final ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 jerk jerk NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 43 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 thermometer thermometer NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 from from ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 supports support NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 swallowed swallow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lower** | past · passive | | thermometer | | | again | late *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **arise** *in a quote* | past | Pele | Shepherd Professor *not said here* | | Pele's wrath | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location shepherd=Theme | | 4 | **grasp** *in a quote* | past | | the thermometer | | | | accord Shepherd Professor | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thermometer=Stimulus | | 5 | **fling** *in a quote* | past | | hot lava | | the supporting wires | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent lava=Theme on wire=Destination | | 6 | **weaken** *in a quote* | gerund | | wires *= wire* | | | | thereby *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 7 | **break** *in a quote* | past | | the thermometer | | thermometer's supports | then | with a final jerk | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent thermometer=Patient with jerk=Instrument | | 8 | **swallow** *in a quote* | past | | thermometer | | | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 9 | **support** *in a quote* | | thermometer | | | | | | nom support «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/26/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/26/64/) - ↑ back to [Hawaiian Volcanoes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/26/)