Amman, sentence 53
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The Ptolemic-Seleucid rivalry, also known as the Syrian Wars, left the region east of the Jordan River a disputed frontier, with Ammon increasing in strategic importance, considering its citadel hill.
Who acts: Ptolemic Seleucid rivalry, Ammon · What happens: know, leave, dispute, increase, consider · To what, where: Ptolemic Seleucid rivalry, region east, strategic importance, citadel hill
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Amman». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ptolemic Seleucid rivalry, Ammon), 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 | 5 rivalry | det |
| 2 | Ptolemic | Ptolemic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 rivalry | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 Ptolemic | punct |
| 4 | Seleucid | seleucid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rivalry | compound |
| 5 | rivalry | rivalry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 left | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 known | punct |
| 7 | also | also | ADV | _ | 8 known | advmod |
| 8 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 rivalry | acl |
| 9 | as | as | ADP | _ | 12 Wars | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Wars | det |
| 11 | Syrian | Syrian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 Wars | amod |
| 12 | Wars | War | PROPN | Number=Plur | 8 known | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 rivalry | punct |
| 14 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 east | det |
| 16 | region | region | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 east | compound |
| 17 | east | east | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 left | obj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 River | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 River | det |
| 20 | Jordan | Jordan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 River | compound |
| 21 | River | River | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 east | nmod |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 frontier | det |
| 23 | disputed | dispute | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 frontier | amod |
| 24 | frontier | frontier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 left | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 increasing | punct |
| 26 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 28 increasing | mark |
| 27 | Ammon | Ammon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 increasing | nsubj |
| 28 | increasing | increase | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 left | advcl |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 importance | case |
| 30 | strategic | strategic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 importance | amod |
| 31 | importance | importance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 increasing | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 considering | punct |
| 33 | considering | consider | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 28 increasing | conj |
| 34 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 hill | nmod:poss |
| 35 | citadel | citadel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 hill | compound |
| 36 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 considering | obj |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 left | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | participle | the Ptolemic Seleucid rivalry not said here | as the Syrian Wars | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as war=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | leave | past | the Ptolemic Seleucid rivalry | the region east of the Jordan River | a disputed frontier obj | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent east=Theme frontier=Attribute | |||
| 3 | dispute | participle | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | increase | gerund | Ammon | strategic importance | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 5 | consider | gerund | Ammon not said here | rivalry's citadel hill | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent hill=Attribute |
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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