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title: Funds for the running expense of an observatory on Hawaii to the amo… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: Funds for the running expense of an observatory on Hawaii to the amount of $5,000 annually for five years from January 1, 1912, exclusive of the funds furnished by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were subscribed, the full amount in the event of failure on the part of individual subscribers
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Foundation of the Observatory, sentence 76

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Funds for the running expense of an observatory on Hawaii to the amount of $5,000 annually for five years from January 1, 1912, exclusive of the funds furnished by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were subscribed, the full amount in the event of failure on the part of individual subscribers being guaranteed by Mr. Clarence H. Cooke, treasurer, through the generosity of Mr. Cooke and his associates of the estate of C. M. Cooke, Ltd.

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**Who acts:** Clarence · **What happens:** run, furnish, subscribe, guarantee · **To what, where:** funds, individual subscribers

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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 (Clarence), 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:pg66516:29:76
# text = Funds for the running expense of an observatory on Hawaii to the amount of $5,000 annually for five years from January 1, 1912, exclusive of the funds furnished by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were subscribed, the full amount in the event of failure on the part of individual subscribers being guaranteed by Mr. Clarence H. Cooke, treasurer, through the generosity of Mr. Cooke and his associates of the estate of C. M. Cooke, Ltd.
1	Funds	fund	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	expense	expense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	observatory	observatory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Hawaii	Hawaii	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	amount	amount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	$	$	SYM	$	_	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	5,000	5000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
17	annually	annually	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	20	nummod	_	_
20	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
21	from	from	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	January	January	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod:unmarked	_	_
23	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	1912	1912	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	23	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
27	exclusive	exclusive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	funds	fund	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	nmod	_	_
31	furnished	furnish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	30	acl	_	_
32	by	by	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	Massachusetts	Massachusetts	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	compound	_	_
35	Institute	Institute	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	Technology	Technology	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	_
38	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	aux:pass	_	_
39	subscribed	subscribe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
42	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	amount	amount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
44	in	in	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	nmod	_	_
47	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	failure	failure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nmod	_	_
49	on	on	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	nmod	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	individual	individual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
54	subscribers	subscriber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	nmod	_	_
55	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	56	aux:pass	_	_
56	guaranteed	guarantee	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	54	acl	_	_
57	by	by	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	59	nmod:desc	_	_
59	Clarence	Clarence	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	56	obl:agent	_	_
60	H.	H.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	59	flat	_	_
61	Cooke	Cooke	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	59	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
63	treasurer	treasurer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
65	through	through	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
66	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
67	generosity	generosity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	conj	_	_
68	of	of	ADP	IN	_	70	case	_	_
69	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	70	nmod:desc	_	_
70	Cooke	Cooke	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	67	nmod	_	_
71	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	73	cc	_	_
72	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	73	nmod:poss	_	_
73	associates	associate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	70	conj	_	_
74	of	of	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
75	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	76	det	_	_
76	estate	estate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	nmod	_	_
77	of	of	ADP	IN	_	79	case	_	_
78	C.	C.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	79	compound	_	_
79	M.	M.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	76	nmod	_	_
80	Cooke	Cooke	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	79	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
81	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	82	punct	_	_
82	Ltd.	Ltd.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	79	conj	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **furnish** | participle |  | the funds *not said here* |  |  |  | by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **subscribe** | past · passive |  | Funds for the running expense of a observatory on Hawaii to the amount and exclusive of the funds |  |  |  | the full amount in the event of failure on the part of individual subscribers *obl*; the generosity of Cooke  Mr. and fund's associates of the estate of C. M. and Ltd. *conj* | tree rules |
| 4 | **guarantee** | gerund · passive | Clarence  Mr. and treasurer | individual subscribers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition |

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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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