Algiers, sentence 90
From Wikipedia, «Algiers», 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 an attempt by Charles X of France to increase his popularity amongst the French, he sought to bolster patriotic sentiment, and turn eyes away from his domestic policies, by treating the incident as a public insult and demanded an apology.
Who acts: France, Charles · What happens: increase, seek, bolster, turn, treat, demand · To what, where: popularity, attempt, patriotic sentiment, eyes, incident, apology
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 (France, Charles), 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 | _ | 3 attempt | case |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 attempt | det |
| 3 | attempt | attempt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 sought | obl |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 Charles | case |
| 5 | Charles | Charles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 attempt | nmod |
| 6 | X | X | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Charles | flat |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 France | case |
| 8 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 X | nmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 increase | mark |
| 10 | increase | increase | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 attempt | acl |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 popularity | nmod:poss |
| 12 | popularity | popularity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 increase | obj |
| 13 | amongst | amongst | ADP | _ | 15 French | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 French | det |
| 15 | French | French | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 increase | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 attempt | punct |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 sought | nsubj |
| 18 | sought | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 bolster | mark |
| 20 | bolster | bolster | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 sought | xcomp |
| 21 | patriotic | patriotic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 sentiment | amod |
| 22 | sentiment | sentiment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 bolster | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 turn | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 turn | cc |
| 25 | turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 bolster | conj |
| 26 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 turn | obj |
| 27 | away | away | ADV | _ | 25 turn | advmod |
| 28 | from | from | ADP | _ | 31 policies | case |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 policies | nmod:poss |
| 30 | domestic | domestic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 policies | amod |
| 31 | policies | policy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 away | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 treating | punct |
| 33 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 34 treating | mark |
| 34 | treating | treat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 turn | advcl |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 incident | det |
| 36 | incident | incident | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 treating | obj |
| 37 | as | as | ADP | _ | 40 insult | case |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 insult | det |
| 39 | public | public | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 insult | amod |
| 40 | insult | insult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 treating | obl |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 demanded | cc |
| 42 | demanded | demand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 sought | conj |
| 43 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 apology | det |
| 44 | apology | apology | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 demanded | obj |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 sought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | increase | to-infinitive | France not said here | France's popularity | amongst the French | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer popularity=Patient | |||
| 2 | seek | past | France | a attempt by Charles | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | bolster not said to happen | to-infinitive | France not said here | patriotic sentiment | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sentiment=Theme | ||||
| 4 | turn | infinitive | France not said here | eyes | away property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | |||
| 5 | treat | gerund | France not said here | the incident | as a public insult | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent incident=Theme as insult=Attribute | |||
| 6 | demand speech: request | past | France not said here | a apology | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme apology=Precondition | ||||
| 7 | attempt | Charles | nom attempt «act transitive»: by=agent |
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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