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title: On January 19 a subscription was started in the town of Hilo to prov… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: On January 19 a subscription was started in the town of Hilo to provide funds wherewith to build a laboratory near the Volcano House for the use of the representative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology engaged in volcanic research. Who acts: use. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoe
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Foundation of the Observatory, sentence 78

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On January 19 a subscription was started in the town of Hilo to provide funds wherewith to build a laboratory near the Volcano House for the use of the representative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology engaged in volcanic research.

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**Who acts:** use · **What happens:** start, provide, build, engage · **To what, where:** subscription, town, funds, laboratory, Volcano House, volcanic research

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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 (use), 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:pg66516:29:78
# text = On January 19 a subscription was started in the town of Hilo to provide funds wherewith to build a laboratory near the Volcano House for the use of the representative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology engaged in volcanic research.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	January	January	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	19	19	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nmod:unmarked	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	subscription	subscription	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	started	start	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Hilo	Hilo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	provide	provide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	advcl	_	_
15	funds	fund	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
16	wherewith	wherewith	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	18	advmod	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	build	build	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	laboratory	laboratory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	near	near	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	Volcano	Volcano	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	House	House	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
25	for	for	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	representative	representative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	Massachusetts	Massachusetts	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	compound	_	_
34	Institute	Institute	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	Technology	Technology	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	_
37	engaged	engage	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	acl:relcl	_	_
38	in	in	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	volcanic	volcanic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	research	research	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | past · passive |  | a subscription |  | the town of Hilo | january |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **provide** | to-infinitive |  | funds |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fund=Theme |
| 3 | **build** | to-infinitive |  | a laboratory |  | the Volcano House |  | for the use; wherewith *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent laboratory=Product for use=Asset |
| 4 | **engage** | past | the use *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in volcanic research *goal*; of the representative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent in research=Goal |

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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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