--- title: The roar of this surging lava sea was a glorious sound, the roar of… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: The roar of this surging lava sea was a glorious sound, the roar of an ocean at dispeace mingled with the hollow murmur of surf echoing in sea caves, booming on, rising and falling like the thunder music of windward Hawaii. Who acts: roar, surf, surging lava sea, ocean. 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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 (roar, surf, surging lava sea, ocean), 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:pg66516:27:56 # text = The roar of this surging lava sea was a glorious sound, the roar of an ocean at dispeace mingled with the hollow murmur of surf echoing in sea caves, booming on, rising and falling like the thunder music of windward Hawaii. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 roar roar NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ _ 5 surging surge VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 amod _ _ 6 lava lava NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 glorious glorious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 roar roar NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 ocean ocean NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 dispeace dispeace NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 20 mingled mingle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 hollow hollow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 murmur murmur NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 surf surf NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 echoing echo VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 acl _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 caves cave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 booming boom VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 parataxis _ _ 33 on on ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 rising rise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 conj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 conj _ _ 38 like like ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 windward windward ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 Hawaii Hawaii PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **surge** | gerund | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | the roar of surging lava sea this | a glorious sound and the roar of a ocean at dispeace | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **mingle** | participle | | dispeace *not said here* | | | | with the hollow murmur of surf | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with murmur=Co-Patient | | 4 | **echo** | gerund | surf *not said here* | | | sea caves | | | vn sound\_existence-47.4 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cave=Location | | 5 | **boom on** | gerund | | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **rise** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **fall** | gerund | | | | | | like the thunder music of windward Hawaii | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **roar** | | surging lava sea this | | | | | | nom roar «event intransitive»: of=agent | | 9 | **roar** | | a ocean | | | dispeace | | | nom roar «event intransitive»: of=agent at=place | | 10 | **murmur** | | | surf | | | | | nom murmur «event transitive»: of=patient | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/27/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/27/57/) - ↑ back to [Volcanic Activity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/27/)