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title: A curious and interesting statement is made by the Hawaiian fisherme… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: A curious and interesting statement is made by the Hawaiian fishermen of Waikiki concerning a peculiar disturbance of the sea simultaneous with all seasons of volcanic agitation. Who acts: Hawaiian fishermen. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Volcanic Act
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Volcanic Activity, sentence 137

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A curious and interesting statement is made by the Hawaiian fishermen of Waikiki concerning a peculiar disturbance of the sea simultaneous with all seasons of volcanic agitation.

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**Who acts:** Hawaiian fishermen · **What happens:** make, concern, disturb · **To what, where:** curious statement, peculiar disturbance, sea

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Volcanic Activity. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Hawaiian fishermen), 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:pg66516:27:137
# text = A curious and interesting statement is made by the Hawaiian fishermen of Waikiki concerning a peculiar disturbance of the sea simultaneous with all seasons of volcanic agitation.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	curious	curious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	interesting	interesting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Hawaiian	hawaiian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	fishermen	fisherman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Waikiki	Waikiki	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	peculiar	peculiar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	disturbance	disturbance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
21	simultaneous	simultaneous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	_
22	with	with	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	24	det	_	_
24	seasons	season	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	volcanic	volcanic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	agitation	agitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive | the Hawaiian fishermen of Waikiki | a curious statement |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | the Hawaiian fishermen of Waikiki *not said here* | a peculiar disturbance of the sea |  |  |  | simultaneous *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus disturbance=Experiencer |
| 3 | **disturb** |  |  | the sea |  |  |  |  | nom disturbance «event transitive»: of=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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