Republic of the Congo, sentence 60
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On the night of 14 to 15 February 1965, three public officials of the Republic of the Congo were kidnapped: Lazare Matsocota (prosecutor of the Republic), Joseph Pouabou (President of the Supreme Court), and Anselme Massouémé (director of the Congolese Information Agency).
What happens: kidnap · To what, where: three public officials
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Republic of the Congo». 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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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 night | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 night | det |
| 3 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 kidnapped | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 14 | case |
| 5 | 14 | 14 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 21 kidnapped | obl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 15 | case |
| 7 | 15 | 15 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 14 | nmod |
| 8 | February | February | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 15 | nmod:unmarked |
| 9 | 1965 | 1965 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 14 | flat |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 officials | punct |
| 11 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 officials | nummod |
| 12 | public | public | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 officials | amod |
| 13 | officials | official | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 kidnapped | nsubj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 Republic | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Republic | det |
| 16 | Republic | Republic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 officials | nmod |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 Congo | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Congo | det |
| 19 | Congo | Congo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Republic | nmod |
| 20 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 kidnapped | aux:pass |
| 21 | kidnapped | kidnap | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 22 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 23 Lazare | punct |
| 23 | Lazare | Lazare | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 kidnapped | obj |
| 24 | Matsocota | Matsocota | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 Lazare | flat |
| 25 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 26 prosecutor | punct |
| 26 | prosecutor | prosecutor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 Lazare | appos |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 Republic | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 Republic | det |
| 29 | Republic | Republic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 prosecutor | nmod |
| 30 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 26 prosecutor | punct |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 Joseph | punct |
| 32 | Joseph | Joseph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 Lazare | conj |
| 33 | Pouabou | Pouabou | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 Joseph | flat |
| 34 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 35 President | punct |
| 35 | President | President | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 Lazare | appos |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 Court | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 Court | det |
| 38 | Supreme | Supreme | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 Court | amod |
| 39 | Court | Court | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 President | nmod |
| 40 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 35 President | punct |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 Anselme | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 Anselme | cc |
| 43 | Anselme | Anselme | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 kidnapped | obl |
| 44 | Massouémé | Massouémé | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 Anselme | flat |
| 45 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 46 director | punct |
| 46 | director | director | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 Anselme | appos |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 Agency | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 Agency | det |
| 49 | Congolese | Congolese | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 Agency | compound |
| 50 | Information | Information | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 Agency | compound |
| 51 | Agency | Agency | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 director | nmod |
| 52 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 46 director | punct |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 21 kidnapped | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kidnap | past · passive | three public officials of the Republic of the Congo | night | of 14 to 15 February; Anselme obl | tree rules |
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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