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William Ellis, author of “Polynesian Researches,” and a deputation of the American missionaries studying the opportunities for missionary labor, while making a tour around Hawaii in 1823, visited Kilauea and wrote the following description of the volcano. **Who acts:** American missionaries, William · **What happens:** study, make, visit, write, follow, describe · **To what, where:** opportunities, tour, Hawaii, Kilauea, following description, volcano This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Changes in Kilauea Crater. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (American missionaries, William), 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:pg66516:28:12 # text = Rev. William Ellis, author of “Polynesian Researches,” and a deputation of the American missionaries studying the opportunities for missionary labor, while making a tour around Hawaii in 1823, visited Kilauea and wrote the following description of the volcano. 1 Rev. Rev. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 William William PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 3 Ellis Ellis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 author author NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Polynesian polynesian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 Researches research NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 deputation deputation NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 American American ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 missionaries missionary NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 19 studying study VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 acl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 opportunities opportunity NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 missionary missionary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 labor labor NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 while while SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 tour tour NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 around around ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Hawaii Hawaii PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 1823 1823 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 35 visited visit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 36 Kilauea Kilauea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 amod _ _ 41 description description NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 volcano volcano NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **study** | gerund | the American missionaries *not said here* | the opportunities | | | | for missionary labor | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent opportunity=Theme for labor=Attribute | | 2 | **make** | gerund | William Rev. *not said here* | a tour | | Hawaii | | in 1823 | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tour=Product | | 3 | **visit** | past | William Rev. | Kilauea | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kilauea=Co-Agent | | 4 | **write** | past | William Rev. *not said here* | the following description of the volcano | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent description=Theme | | 5 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **describe** | | | the volcano | | | | | nom description «communication 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. 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