--- title: After these eruptions the fire-pit sank away, leaving great precipit… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics description: After these eruptions the fire-pit sank away, leaving great precipitous walls and wide cracks out of which even now pour clouds of steam of such intense heat and such powerful sulphur fumes that animals falling in are killed instantly. Who acts: fire pit, animals. 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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 (fire pit, animals), 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:pg66516:28:9 # text = After these eruptions the fire-pit sank away, leaving great precipitous walls and wide cracks out of which even now pour clouds of steam of such intense heat and such powerful sulphur fumes that animals falling in are killed instantly. 1 After after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 eruptions eruption NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 away away ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 12 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 precipitous precipitous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 cracks crack NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 18 out out ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obl _ _ 21 even even ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 22 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 23 pour pour VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 24 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 steam steam NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 intense intense ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 33 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 34 sulphur sulphur NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 fumes fume NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 obj _ _ 37 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 falling fall VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 acl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 38 obl _ _ 40 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl:relcl _ _ 42 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink away** | past | the fire pit | | | | after this eruptions | away *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **leave** | gerund | the fire pit *not said here* | great precipitous walls and wide cracks | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Theme | | 3 | **pour** | present | the fire pit *not said here* | clouds of steam of such intense heat and such powerful sulphur fumes | | | now | which *obl* | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent cloud=Theme of which=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **fall in** | gerund | animals *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **kill** | present · passive | | animals | | | | such powerful sulphur fumes *obj*; instantly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer that=Result | | 6 | **cloud** | | | steam of such intense heat and such powerful sulphur fumes | | | | | nom cloud «phenomenon 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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