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title: The inherent idea of the word seems to be quick, independent action… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: The inherent idea of the word seems to be quick, independent action of waves, bringing them into conflict with each other and destroying the quiet, regular motion. Who acts: inherent idea, waves. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Volcanic Activity, with i
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Volcanic Activity, sentence 144

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The inherent idea of the word seems to be quick, independent action of waves, bringing them into conflict with each other and destroying the quiet, regular motion.

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**Who acts:** inherent idea, waves · **What happens:** seem, be, bring, destroy, act · **To what, where:** things, conflict, quiet regular motion

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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 (inherent idea, waves), 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:pg66516:27:144
# text = The inherent idea of the word seems to be quick, independent action of waves, bringing them into conflict with each other and destroying the quiet, regular motion.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	inherent	inherent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	seems	seem	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
10	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	independent	independent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	bringing	bring	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	parataxis	_	_
18	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	into	into	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	conflict	conflict	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	17	obl	_	_
23	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	fixed	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	destroying	destroy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	17	conj	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
27	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
29	regular	regular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	motion	motion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seem** | present | the inherent idea of the word |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | the inherent idea of the word *not said here* |  |  |  |  | independent action of waves *conj*; quick *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **bring** | gerund |  | things *= thing* |  | conflict |  | with each | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme into conflict=Destination |
| 4 | **destroy** | gerund |  | the quiet regular motion |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent motion=Patient |
| 5 | **act** |  | waves |  |  |  |  |  | nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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