Estonia, sentence 529
From Wikipedia, «Estonia», revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, CC BY-SA 4.0. The trees and pragmatics of these pages, Mova's parse of that text, are CC BY-SA 4.0 too.
Elements from these ancient ritual dances are preserved in circle and chain dances, some of the oldest forms in Estonian dance.
What happens: preserve · To what, where: Elements, circle
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elements | element | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 preserved | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 dances | case |
| 3 | these | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 6 dances | nsubj |
| 4 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 dances | amod |
| 5 | ritual | ritual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 dances | amod |
| 6 | dances | dance | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Elements | nmod |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 preserved | aux:pass |
| 8 | preserved | preserve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 circle | case |
| 10 | circle | circle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 preserved | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 dances | cc |
| 12 | chain | chain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 dances | compound |
| 13 | dances | dance | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 circle | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 some | punct |
| 15 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 circle | conj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 forms | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 forms | det |
| 18 | oldest | old | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 19 forms | amod |
| 19 | forms | form | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 some | nmod |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 dance | case |
| 21 | Estonian | Estonian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 dance | compound |
| 22 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 forms | nmod |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 preserved | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | preserve | present · passive | Elements from ancient ritual dances | circle and chain dances | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
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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