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title: The land for the Observatory, a tract of about three acres, was obta… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: The land for the Observatory, a tract of about three acres, was obtained on a sub-lease for fifteen years to October 1, 1927, from the Volcano House Company with the consent of the trustees of the Bishop Estate, the owners of the land. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W. 
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Foundation of the Observatory, sentence 80

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The land for the Observatory, a tract of about three acres, was obtained on a sub-lease for fifteen years to October 1, 1927, from the Volcano House Company with the consent of the trustees of the Bishop Estate, the owners of the land.

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**What happens:** obtain, consent · **To what, where:** land, sub-lease, trustees

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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: 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:pg66516:29:80
# text = The land for the Observatory, a tract of about three acres, was obtained on a sub-lease for fifteen years to October 1, 1927, from the Volcano House Company with the consent of the trustees of the Bishop Estate, the owners of the land.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Observatory	Observatory	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tract	tract	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	about	about	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	acres	acre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	obtained	obtain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	sub-lease	sub-lease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	nummod	_	_
21	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
22	to	to	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	October	October	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nmod:unmarked	_	_
24	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	1927	1927	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	24	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
28	from	from	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
30	Volcano	Volcano	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
31	House	House	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
32	Company	Company	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
33	with	with	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	consent	consent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	trustees	trustee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nmod	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
41	Bishop	Bishop	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	compound	_	_
42	Estate	Estate	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	owners	owner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	conj	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | past · passive |  | the land for the Observatory |  | a sub-lease | year | from the Volcano House Company with the consent of the trustees of the Bishop Estate and the owners of the land | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from company=Source |
| 2 | **consent** |  |  | the trustees of the Bishop Estate |  |  |  |  | nom consent «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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