Addis Ababa, sentence 23
From Wikipedia, «Addis Ababa», 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.
The city has a high human development index, and is known for its vibrant culture, strong fashion scene, high civic and political involvement of younger people, a thriving arts scene, and for being the heart of a country with one of the fastest economic growth rates in the world.
Who acts: city · What happens: have, know, thrive, be, involve · To what, where: high human development index, arts, younger people
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Addis Ababa». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (city), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong. The article's note marks are left out of the parse.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 city | det |
| 2 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 index | det |
| 5 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 index | amod |
| 6 | human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 index | amod |
| 7 | development | development | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 index | compound |
| 8 | index | index | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 known | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 known | cc |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 known | aux:pass |
| 12 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 has | conj |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 culture | case |
| 14 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 culture | nmod:poss |
| 15 | vibrant | vibrant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 culture | amod |
| 16 | culture | culture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 known | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 scene | punct |
| 18 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 scene | amod |
| 19 | fashion | fashion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 scene | compound |
| 20 | scene | scene | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 culture | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 involvement | punct |
| 22 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 involvement | amod |
| 23 | civic | civic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 involvement | amod |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 political | cc |
| 25 | political | political | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 civic | conj |
| 26 | involvement | involvement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 culture | conj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 people | case |
| 28 | younger | young | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 29 people | amod |
| 29 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 involvement | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 scene | punct |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 scene | det |
| 32 | thriving | thrive | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 34 scene | compound |
| 33 | arts | art | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 thriving | obj |
| 34 | scene | scene | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 culture | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 heart | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 heart | cc |
| 37 | for | for | ADP | _ | 40 heart | case |
| 38 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 40 heart | cop |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 heart | det |
| 40 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 known | obl |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 country | case |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 country | det |
| 43 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 heart | nmod |
| 44 | with | with | ADP | _ | 45 one | case |
| 45 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 known | obl |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 rates | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 rates | det |
| 48 | fastest | fast | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 51 rates | amod |
| 49 | economic | economic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 rates | amod |
| 50 | growth | growth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 rates | compound |
| 51 | rates | rate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 one | nmod |
| 52 | in | in | ADP | _ | 54 world | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 world | det |
| 54 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 rates | nmod |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 has | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | the city | a high human development index | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent index=Patient | ||||
| 2 | know | present · passive | the city not said here | for city's vibrant culture and strong fashion scene and high civic involvement of younger people and a thriving scene; with one of the fastest economic growth rates in the world | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V» | ||||
| 3 | thrive | gerund | arts | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | is | gerund | for the heart; of a country | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | involve | younger people | nom involvement «act 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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