The Bahamas, sentence 114
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Sir Milo Butler was appointed the first governor-general of the Bahamas (the official representative of Queen Elizabeth II) shortly after independence.
What happens: appoint · To what, where: Milo
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Milo | nmod:desc |
| 2 | Milo | Milo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 appointed | nsubj |
| 3 | Butler | Butler | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Milo | flat |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 appointed | aux:pass |
| 5 | appointed | appoint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 general | det |
| 7 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 10 general | amod |
| 8 | governor | governor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 general | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 governor | punct |
| 10 | general | general | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 appointed | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Bahamas | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Bahamas | det |
| 13 | Bahamas | Bahamas | PROPN | Number=Plur | 10 general | nmod |
| 14 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 17 representative | punct |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 representative | det |
| 16 | official | official | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 representative | amod |
| 17 | representative | representative | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 general | appos |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 Elizabeth | case |
| 19 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 Elizabeth | nmod:desc |
| 20 | Elizabeth | Elizabeth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 representative | nmod |
| 21 | II | II | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 20 Elizabeth | flat |
| 22 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 17 representative | punct |
| 23 | shortly | shortly | ADV | _ | 5 appointed | advmod |
| 24 | after | after | ADP | _ | 25 independence | case |
| 25 | independence | independence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 appointed | obl |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 appointed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | appoint | past · passive | Milo Sir | after independence | shortly property | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme general=Attribute |
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