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The Violet Fairy Book, Virgilius the Sorcerer, sentence 71

On the roof of the Capitol, which was the most famous public building in the city, he set up statues representing the gods worshipped by every nation subject to Rome, and in the middle stood the god of Rome herself.

Who acts: Capitol, Virgilius, statues · What happens: be, set up, represent, worshipp, stand · To what, where: famous public building, city, statues, roof, gods, god

This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Virgilius the Sorcerer. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Capitol, Virgilius, statues), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher. This tree is Mova's own parse (the en model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.

The tree

casedetoblcasedetnmodpunctnsubjcopdetadvmodamodamodapposcasedetnmodpunctnsubjcompound:prtobjacldetobjaclcasedetcompoundoblcasenmodpunctcccasedetoblconjdetobjcasenmodoblpunctrootOnADPtheDETroofNOUNofADPtheDETCapitolPROPN,PUNCTwhichPRONwasAUXtheDETmostADVfamousADJpublicADJbuildingNOUNinADPtheDETcityNOUN,PUNCThePRONsetVERBupADPstatuesNOUNrepresentingVERBtheDETgodsNOUNworshippedVERBbyADPeveryDETnationNOUNsubjectNOUNtoADPRomePROPN,PUNCTandCCONJinADPtheDETmiddleNOUNstoodVERBtheDETgodNOUNofADPRomePROPNherselfPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnonADP_3 roofcase
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 roofdet
3roofroofNOUNNumber=Sing20 setobl
4ofofADP_6 Capitolcase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 Capitoldet
6CapitolCapitolPROPNNumber=Sing3 roofnmod
7,,PUNCT_14 buildingpunct
8whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel14 buildingnsubj
9wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 buildingcop
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 buildingdet
11mostmostADVDegree=Sup12 famousadvmod
12famousfamousADJDegree=Pos14 buildingamod
13publicpublicADJDegree=Pos14 buildingamod
14buildingbuildingNOUNNumber=Sing6 Capitolappos
15ininADP_17 citycase
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 citydet
17citycityNOUNNumber=Sing14 buildingnmod
18,,PUNCT_3 roofpunct
19hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 setnsubj
20setsetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
21upupADP_20 setcompound:prt
22statuesstatueNOUNNumber=Plur20 setobj
23representingrepresentVERBVerbForm=Ger22 statuesacl
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 godsdet
25godsgodNOUNNumber=Plur23 representingobj
26worshippedworshippVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass25 godsacl
27bybyADP_30 subjectcase
28everyeveryDETPronType=Tot30 subjectdet
29nationnationNOUNNumber=Sing30 subjectcompound
30subjectsubjectNOUNNumber=Sing26 worshippedobl
31totoADP_32 Romecase
32RomeRomePROPNNumber=Sing30 subjectnmod
33,,PUNCT_38 stoodpunct
34andandCCONJ_38 stoodcc
35ininADP_37 middlecase
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 middledet
37middlemiddleNOUNNumber=Sing38 stoodobl
38stoodstandVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 setconj
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 goddet
40godgodNOUNNumber=Sing38 stoodobj
41ofofADP_42 Romecase
42RomeRomePROPNNumber=Sing40 godnmod
43herselfherselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes38 stoodobl
44..PUNCT_20 setpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apastthe Capitolthe famous public buildingthe citytree rules
2set uppastVirgiliusstatuesthe roof of the Capitolvn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent statue=Theme on roof=Destination
3representgerundstatues not said herethe godsvn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot god=Theme
4worshippparticiplethe gods not said hereby every nation subject to Rometree rules
5standpastVirgilius not said herethe god of Romethe middleRome oblvn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent god=Theme in middle=Destination

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.

Text: «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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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