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title: The fundamental idea expressed at the time of the formation of the H… — Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology) · tree and pragmatics
description: The fundamental idea expressed at the time of the formation of the Hawaiian Volcano Research Association was to the effect that the crater observations should be continuous and permanent. Who acts: fundamental idea, crater observations. A sentence of «Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology)» by W.
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# Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (mythology), Foundation of the Observatory, sentence 94

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The fundamental idea expressed at the time of the formation of the Hawaiian Volcano Research Association was to the effect that the crater observations should be continuous and permanent.

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**Who acts:** fundamental idea, crater observations · **What happens:** express, be · **To what, where:** fundamental idea

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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 (fundamental idea, crater observations), 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:pg66516:29:94
# text = The fundamental idea expressed at the time of the formation of the Hawaiian Volcano Research Association was to the effect that the crater observations should be continuous and permanent.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fundamental	fundamental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
4	expressed	express	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	formation	formation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
13	Hawaiian	Hawaiian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	Volcano	Volcano	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
15	Research	Research	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	Association	Association	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
21	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	crater	crater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	observations	observation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	nsubj	_	_
25	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
26	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	cop	_	_
27	continuous	continuous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	advcl	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	permanent	permanent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **express** | participle |  | the fundamental idea *not said here* |  |  | time |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | the fundamental idea |  |  |  |  | to the effect | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | should | the crater observations |  |  |  |  | continuous *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  | the crater observations *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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