---
title: The result of this activity that had the most direct bearing on the… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: The result of this activity that had the most direct bearing on the establishment of the volcano observatory was its influence on the trustees of the Whitney estates, who, on July 1, 1909, gave to the Institute the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) as a memorial of Edward and Caroline Ro
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/29/4/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mytholo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/) / [Foundation of the Observatory](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/29/) / 4

# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Foundation of the Observatory, sentence 4

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The result of this activity that had the most direct bearing on the establishment of the volcano observatory was its influence on the trustees of the Whitney estates, who, on July 1, 1909, gave to the Institute the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) as a memorial of Edward and Caroline Rogers Whitney of Boston, for the conduct of research or teaching in geophysics to include investigations in seismology, conducted with a view to the protection of human life and property, present preference being that some investigations in geophysics be undertaken in Hawaii.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** activity, result, trustees, influence · **What happens:** have, be, estate, give, include, conduct · **To what, where:** direct bearing, establishment, influence, trustees, sum, Institute

<!-- .vabout -->
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 (activity, result, trustees, influence), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

<!-- .note-en -->
**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg66516:29:4
# text = The result of this activity that had the most direct bearing on the establishment of the volcano observatory was its influence on the trustees of the Whitney estates, who, on July 1, 1909, gave to the Institute the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) as a memorial of Edward and Caroline Rogers Whitney of Boston, for the conduct of research or teaching in geophysics to include investigations in seismology, conducted with a view to the protection of human life and property, present preference being that some investigations in geophysics be undertaken in Hawaii.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	result	result	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	activity	activity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	10	advmod	_	_
10	direct	direct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	bearing	bearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	establishment	establishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	volcano	volcano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	observatory	observatory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
19	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
20	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	influence	influence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
22	on	on	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	trustees	trustee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nmod	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	Whitney	Whitney	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
28	estates	estate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
30	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	34	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
32	on	on	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	July	July	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	nmod:unmarked	_	_
34	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
36	1909	1909	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	34	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
38	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	acl:relcl	_	_
39	to	to	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	Institute	Institute	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
45	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	47	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	45	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	48	compound	_	_
48	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	49	nummod	_	_
49	dollars	dollar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	nmod	_	_
50	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	$	$	SYM	$	_	49	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	25,000	25000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	51	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	51	punct	_	_
54	as	as	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	memorial	memorial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
57	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	Edward	Edward	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	56	nmod	_	_
59	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	62	cc	_	_
60	Caroline	Caroline	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	62	compound	_	_
61	Rogers	Rogers	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	62	compound	_	_
62	Whitney	Whitney	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	58	conj	_	_
63	of	of	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
64	Boston	Boston	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	62	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
66	for	for	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
69	of	of	ADP	IN	_	70	case	_	_
70	research	research	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	nmod	_	_
71	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	72	cc	_	_
72	teaching	teaching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	70	conj	_	_
73	in	in	ADP	IN	_	74	case	_	_
74	geophysics	geophysics	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	72	nmod	_	_
75	to	to	PART	TO	_	76	mark	_	_
76	include	include	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	advcl	_	_
77	investigations	investigation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	76	obj	_	_
78	in	in	ADP	IN	_	79	case	_	_
79	seismology	seismology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	76	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
80	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	81	punct	_	_
81	conducted	conduct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	79	acl	_	_
82	with	with	ADP	IN	_	84	case	_	_
83	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	84	det	_	_
84	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	81	obl	_	_
85	to	to	ADP	IN	_	87	case	_	_
86	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	87	det	_	_
87	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	84	nmod	_	_
88	of	of	ADP	IN	_	90	case	_	_
89	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	90	amod	_	_
90	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	87	nmod	_	_
91	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	92	cc	_	_
92	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	84	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
93	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	95	punct	_	_
94	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	95	amod	_	_
95	preference	preference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	84	conj	_	_
96	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	103	aux:pass	_	_
97	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	103	mark	_	_
98	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	99	det	_	_
99	investigations	investigation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	103	nsubj	_	_
100	in	in	ADP	IN	_	101	case	_	_
101	geophysics	geophysics	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	99	nmod	_	_
102	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	103	aux:pass	_	_
103	undertaken	undertake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	95	acl:relcl	_	_
104	in	in	ADP	IN	_	105	case	_	_
105	Hawaii	Hawaii	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	103	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
106	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | this activity | the direct bearing |  | the establishment of the volcano observatory |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bearing=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the result of this activity | Observatory's influence |  | the trustees |  | Observatory *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 3 | **estate** | present | the trustees *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of the Whitney | tree rules |
| 4 | **give** | past | Observatory's influence *not said here* | the sum of thousand dollars | the Institute |  |  | as a memorial of Edward and Caroline Rogers Whitney of Boston; for the conduct of research or teaching in geophysics | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent sum=Theme to institute=Recipient for conduct=Asset |
| 5 | **include** | to-infinitive | Observatory's influence *not said here* | investigations |  |  |  | in seismology *goal* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent investigation=Theme in seismology=Goal |
| 6 | **conduct** | participle |  | seismology *not said here* |  |  |  | with a view to the protection of human life and property and present preference | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **undertake** | gerund · passive |  | some investigations in geophysics |  | Hawaii |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 8 | **result** |  |  | this activity |  |  |  |  | nom result «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |
| 9 | **establish** |  |  | the volcano observatory |  |  |  |  | nom establishment «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 10 | **sum** |  |  | thousand dollars |  |  |  |  | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient |
| 11 | **conduct** |  |  | research or teaching in geophysics |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 12 | **protect** |  |  | human life |  |  |  |  | nom protection «act transitive»: of=patient |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/29/3/)
- next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/29/5/)
- ↑ back to [Foundation of the Observatory](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66516/29/)