Algiers, sentence 117
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In October 1988, one year before the fall of the Berlin Wall, Algiers was the site of demonstrations demanding the end of the single-party system and the creation of a real democracy baptized the "Spring of Algiers".
Who acts: Algiers, demonstrations · What happens: be, demand, baptize, create · To what, where: site, end, real democracy, 1988
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Algiers». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Algiers, demonstrations), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 October | case |
| 2 | October | October | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 1988 | nmod |
| 3 | 1988 | 1988 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 year | punct |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 year | nummod |
| 6 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 1988 | appos |
| 7 | before | before | ADP | _ | 9 fall | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 fall | det |
| 9 | fall | fall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 year | nmod |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Wall | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Wall | det |
| 12 | Berlin | Berlin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Wall | compound |
| 13 | Wall | Wall | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 fall | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 site | punct |
| 15 | Algiers | Algiers | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 site | nsubj |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 site | cop |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 site | det |
| 18 | site | site | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 Wall | appos |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 demonstrations | case |
| 20 | demonstrations | demonstration | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 site | nmod |
| 21 | demanding | demand | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 20 demonstrations | acl |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 end | det |
| 23 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 demanding | obj |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 system | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 system | det |
| 26 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 party | amod |
| 27 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 26 single | punct |
| 28 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 system | compound |
| 29 | system | system | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 end | nmod |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 creation | cc |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 creation | det |
| 32 | creation | creation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 system | conj |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 democracy | case |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 democracy | det |
| 35 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 democracy | amod |
| 36 | democracy | democracy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 creation | nmod |
| 37 | baptized | baptize | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 democracy | acl |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 Spring | det |
| 39 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 40 Spring | punct |
| 40 | Spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 baptized | obj |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 Algiers | case |
| 42 | Algiers | Algiers | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 Spring | appos |
| 43 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 42 Algiers | punct |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 1988 | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Algiers | the site | of demonstrations | tree rules | |||
| 2 | demand speech: request | gerund | demonstrations not said here | the end of the party system and the creation of a real democracy | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme end=Precondition | ||||
| 3 | baptize | participle | a real democracy not said here | spring | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | create | a real democracy | nom creation «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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