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title: The Institute is indebted to the Carnegie Geophysical Laboratory for… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: The Institute is indebted to the Carnegie Geophysical Laboratory for co-operation and for the thermo-element which was used in the final test, and to the Volcanic Research Society of Springfield, Mass., for the loan of the services of Mr. Perret, his salary being continued by that society during his
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Foundation of the Observatory, sentence 68

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The Institute is indebted to the Carnegie Geophysical Laboratory for co-operation and for the thermo-element which was used in the final test, and to the Volcanic Research Society of Springfield, Mass., for the loan of the services of Mr. Perret, his salary being continued by that society during his Hawaiian journey.

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**Who acts:** Volcanic Research Society, society, Institute · **What happens:** indebt, use, continue, loan, service, journey · **To what, where:** Institute, thermo element, final test, salary, services, Perret

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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 (Volcanic Research Society, society, Institute), 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:pg66516:29:68
# text = The Institute is indebted to the Carnegie Geophysical Laboratory for co-operation and for the thermo-element which was used in the final test, and to the Volcanic Research Society of Springfield, Mass., for the loan of the services of Mr. Perret, his salary being continued by that society during his Hawaiian journey.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Institute	institute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	indebted	indebt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	Carnegie	Carnegie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
8	Geophysical	Geophysical	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Laboratory	Laboratory	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	co-operation	co-operation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	thermo	thermo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	element	element	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
18	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
19	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl:relcl	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
27	to	to	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
29	Volcanic	Volcanic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	compound	_	_
30	Research	Research	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	compound	_	_
31	Society	Society	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl:agent	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	Springfield	Springfield	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
35	Mass	Mass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
38	for	for	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	loan	loan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	services	service	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	nmod	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	nmod:desc	_	_
46	Perret	Perret	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
48	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
49	salary	salary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	conj	_	_
50	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	51	aux:pass	_	_
51	continued	continue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	49	acl	_	_
52	by	by	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	54	det	_	_
54	society	society	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	_
55	during	during	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
56	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	58	nmod:poss	_	_
57	Hawaiian	hawaiian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
58	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indebt** | present · passive | the Volcanic Research Society of Springfield and Mass | the Institute |  |  |  | to the Carnegie Geophysical Laboratory; for co-operation and the thermo element; the loan of the services of Perret  Mr. and Institute's salary *parataxis* | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | past · passive |  | the thermo element |  | the final test |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **continue** | gerund · passive | that society | Institute's salary *not said here* |  |  | during Institute's Hawaiian journey |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **loan** |  |  | the services of Perret  Mr. |  |  |  |  | nom loan «possession transitive»: of=patient |
| 5 | **service** |  |  | Perret  Mr. |  |  |  |  | nom service «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 6 | **journey** |  | Institute |  |  |  |  |  | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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