The Bahamas, sentence 8
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.
In 1649, English colonists from Bermuda, known as the Eleutheran Adventurers, settled on the island of Eleuthera.
What happens: know, settle · To what, where: English colonists, 1649
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 1649 | case |
| 2 | 1649 | 1649 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 known | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 1649 | punct |
| 4 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 colonists | amod |
| 5 | colonists | colonist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 known | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 Bermuda | case |
| 7 | Bermuda | Bermuda | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 colonists | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 known | punct |
| 9 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 Adventurers | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Adventurers | det |
| 12 | Eleutheran | Eleutheran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Adventurers | compound |
| 13 | Adventurers | Adventurer | PROPN | Number=Plur | 9 known | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 settled | punct |
| 15 | settled | settle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 known | conj |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 island | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 island | det |
| 18 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 settled | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 Eleuthera | case |
| 20 | Eleuthera | Eleuthera | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 island | nmod |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 known | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | participle · passive | English colonists from Bermuda | 1649 | as the Eleutheran Adventurers | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as adventurer=Attribute | |||
| 2 | settle | participle | on the island of Eleuthera | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on island=Topic |
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