Albania, sentence 79
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The ethnogenesis of the Albanians is uncertain; however, the first undisputed mention of Albanians dates back in historical records from 1079 or 1080 in a work by Michael Attaleiates, who referred to the Albanoi as having taken part in a revolt against Constantinople.
Who acts: ethnogenesis, first undisputed mention, Michael · What happens: be, date back, refer, take, mention · To what, where: historical records, part, revolt, Albanians
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Albania». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ethnogenesis, first undisputed mention, Michael), 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 ethnogenesis | det |
| 2 | ethnogenesis | ethnogenesis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 uncertain | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Albanians | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Albanians | det |
| 5 | Albanians | Albanian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 2 ethnogenesis | nmod |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 uncertain | cop |
| 7 | uncertain | uncertain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 dates | punct |
| 9 | however | however | ADV | _ | 17 dates | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 however | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 mention | det |
| 12 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 14 mention | amod |
| 13 | undisputed | undisputed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 mention | amod |
| 14 | mention | mention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 dates | nsubj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 Albanians | case |
| 16 | Albanians | Albanian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 14 mention | nmod |
| 17 | dates | date | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 uncertain | parataxis |
| 18 | back | back | ADV | _ | 17 dates | advmod |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 records | case |
| 20 | historical | historical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 records | amod |
| 21 | records | record | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 dates | obl |
| 22 | from | from | ADP | _ | 23 1079 | case |
| 23 | 1079 | 1079 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 21 records | nmod |
| 24 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 25 1080 | cc |
| 25 | 1080 | 1080 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 23 1079 | conj |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 work | case |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 work | det |
| 28 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 1080 | nmod |
| 29 | by | by | ADP | _ | 30 Michael | case |
| 30 | Michael | Michael | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 dates | obl |
| 31 | Attaleiates | Attaleiates | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 Michael | flat |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 referred | punct |
| 33 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 34 referred | nsubj |
| 34 | referred | refer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 Michael | acl:relcl |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 37 Albanoi | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 Albanoi | det |
| 37 | Albanoi | Albanoi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 referred | obl |
| 38 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 40 taken | mark |
| 39 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 40 taken | aux |
| 40 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 34 referred | advcl |
| 41 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 taken | obj |
| 42 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 revolt | case |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 revolt | det |
| 44 | revolt | revolt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 taken | obl |
| 45 | against | against | ADP | _ | 46 Constantinople | case |
| 46 | Constantinople | Constantinople | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 revolt | nmod |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 uncertain | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the ethnogenesis of the Albanians | uncertain property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | date back | present | the first undisputed mention of Albanians | historical records from 1079 | by Michael; however property | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 3 | refer | past | Michael | to the Albanoi | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to albanoi=Co-Theme | ||||
| 4 | take | gerund · perfect | Michael not said here | part | a revolt against Constantinople | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent part=Value in revolt=Location | |||
| 5 | mention | Albanians | nom mention «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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