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title: The Territorial Government loaned the services of a part of the pris… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: The Territorial Government loaned the services of a part of the prison gang which does the road work for the Territory of Hawaii, to clear the land, dig the cellar, and build the roadway of the Observatory. Who acts: Territorial Government, prison gang. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Foundation of the Observatory, sentence 92

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The Territorial Government loaned the services of a part of the prison gang which does the road work for the Territory of Hawaii, to clear the land, dig the cellar, and build the roadway of the Observatory.

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**Who acts:** Territorial Government, prison gang · **What happens:** loan, do, clear, dig, build, service · **To what, where:** services, road work, land, cellar, roadway, part

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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 (Territorial Government, prison gang), 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:pg66516:29:92
# text = The Territorial Government loaned the services of a part of the prison gang which does the road work for the Territory of Hawaii, to clear the land, dig the cellar, and build the roadway of the Observatory.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Territorial	territorial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Government	Government	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	loaned	loan	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	services	service	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	gang	gang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	Territory	territory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	Hawaii	Hawaii	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	_	_
26	clear	clear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
30	dig	dig	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	conj	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	build	build	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	roadway	roadway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	Observatory	Observatory	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **loan** | past | the Territorial Government | the services of a part of the prison gang |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | present | the prison gang | the road work |  |  |  | for the Territory of Hawaii | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality |
| 3 | **clear** | to-infinitive |  | the land |  |  |  |  | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent land=Source |
| 4 | **dig** | infinitive |  | the cellar |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cellar=Theme |
| 5 | **build** | present | the Territorial Government *not said here* | the roadway of the Observatory |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset roadway=Product |
| 6 | **service** |  |  | a part of the prison gang |  |  |  |  | nom service «act 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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