The Bahamas, sentence 28
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.
Alternatively, Bahama may have been derived from Guanahaní, a local name of unclear meaning.
What happens: derive, name · To what, where: Bahama, Guanahaní, unclear meaning
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alternatively | alternatively | ADV | _ | 7 derived | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Alternatively | punct |
| 3 | Bahama | Bahama | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 derived | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 derived | aux |
| 5 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 derived | aux |
| 6 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 derived | aux:pass |
| 7 | derived | derive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 Guanahaní | case |
| 9 | Guanahaní | Guanahaní | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 derived | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 name | punct |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 name | det |
| 12 | local | local | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 name | amod |
| 13 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Guanahaní | appos |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 meaning | case |
| 15 | unclear | unclear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 meaning | amod |
| 16 | meaning | meaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 name | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 derived | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derive | may · perfect · passive | Bahama | Guanahaní | alternatively property | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from guanahaní=Material | |||
| 2 | name | unclear meaning | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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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