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title: The near-by harbor at Hilo is only thirty-one miles distant; it may… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: The near-by harbor at Hilo is only thirty-one miles distant; it may be reached by railroad and a good drive-way, and Honolulu, a centre of traffic and science, is easily reached in a day. Who acts: near harbor, railroad. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, 
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Foundation of the Observatory, sentence 18

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The near-by harbor at Hilo is only thirty-one miles distant; it may be reached by railroad and a good drive-way, and Honolulu, a centre of traffic and science, is easily reached in a day.

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**Who acts:** near harbor, railroad · **What happens:** be, reach · **To what, where:** harbor, Honolulu

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This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. D. Westervelt, Foundation of the Observatory. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (near harbor, railroad), 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:pg66516:29:18
# text = The near-by harbor at Hilo is only thirty-one miles distant; it may be reached by railroad and a good drive-way, and Honolulu, a centre of traffic and science, is easily reached in a day.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	near	near	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	harbor	harbor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Hilo	Hilo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	reached	reach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	parataxis	_	_
20	by	by	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	railroad	railroad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
24	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
25	drive	drive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
30	Honolulu	Honolulu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	centre	centre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	appos	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	traffic	traffic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
39	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	41	aux:pass	_	_
40	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	41	advmod	_	_
41	reached	reach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	parataxis	_	_
42	in	in	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the near harbor at Hilo |  |  |  |  | one miles *obl:unmarked*; distant *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **reach** | may · passive | railroad and a good drive way | harbor |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 3 | **reach** | present · passive |  | Honolulu |  |  | day | easily *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme |

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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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