The Bahamas, sentence 128
From Wikipedia, «The Bahamas», 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.
On 17 September 2021 the chairman of the PLP, Phillip Davis, was sworn in as the new prime minister, succeeding Hubert Minnis.
What happens: swear, succeed · To what, where: chairman, 17, Hubert Minnis
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 2 17 | case |
| 2 | 17 | 17 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 sworn | obl |
| 3 | September | September | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 17 | nmod:unmarked |
| 4 | 2021 | 2021 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 17 | flat |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 chairman | det |
| 6 | chairman | chairman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 sworn | nsubj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 PLP | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 PLP | det |
| 9 | PLP | PLP | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 chairman | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 Phillip | punct |
| 11 | Phillip | Phillip | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 PLP | appos |
| 12 | Davis | Davis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Phillip | flat |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 chairman | punct |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 sworn | aux:pass |
| 15 | sworn | swear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 minister | case |
| 17 | as | as | ADP | _ | 21 minister | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 minister | det |
| 19 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 minister | amod |
| 20 | prime | prime | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 minister | amod |
| 21 | minister | minister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 sworn | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 succeeding | punct |
| 23 | succeeding | succeed | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 sworn | advcl |
| 24 | Hubert | Hubert | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 Minnis | compound |
| 25 | Minnis | Minnis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 succeeding | obj |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 sworn | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swear | past · passive | the chairman of the PLP | 17 September | in the new prime minister | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | succeed | gerund | Hubert Minnis | tree rules |
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