Amman, sentence 67
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The second century AD saw Philadelphia thriving, with the city being rebuilt in the classical Roman style, with a large theater, a smaller odeon theater, a nymphaeum, public baths, a forum, and a network of colonnaded streets in the valley, as well as a propylaeon with stairs connecting it to the acropolis on Citadel Hill, where a temple dedicated to Hercules was built.
Who acts: second century AD, Philadelphia, stairs · What happens: see, thrive, rebuild, connect, dedicate, build · To what, where: Philadelphia, city, classical Roman style, AD, temple, Hercules
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 (second century AD, Philadelphia, stairs), 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 | 4 AD | det |
| 2 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 AD | amod |
| 3 | century | century | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 AD | compound |
| 4 | AD | ad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 saw | nsubj |
| 5 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 saw | obj |
| 7 | thriving | thrive | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 saw | xcomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 city | punct |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 city | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 city | det |
| 11 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 thriving | obl |
| 12 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 rebuilt | aux:pass |
| 13 | rebuilt | rebuild | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 city | acl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 style | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 style | det |
| 16 | classical | classical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 style | amod |
| 17 | Roman | roman | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 style | amod |
| 18 | style | style | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 rebuilt | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 theater | punct |
| 20 | with | with | ADP | _ | 23 theater | case |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 theater | det |
| 22 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 theater | amod |
| 23 | theater | theater | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 thriving | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 theater | punct |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 theater | det |
| 26 | smaller | small | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 28 theater | amod |
| 27 | odeon | odeon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 theater | compound |
| 28 | theater | theater | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 theater | conj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 nymphaeum | punct |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 nymphaeum | det |
| 31 | nymphaeum | nymphaeum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 theater | appos |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 baths | punct |
| 33 | public | public | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 baths | amod |
| 34 | baths | bath | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 nymphaeum | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 forum | punct |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 forum | det |
| 37 | forum | forum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 theater | conj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 network | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 network | cc |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 network | det |
| 41 | network | network | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 saw | parataxis |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 streets | case |
| 43 | colonnaded | colonnaded | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 streets | amod |
| 44 | streets | street | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 network | nmod |
| 45 | in | in | ADP | _ | 47 valley | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 valley | det |
| 47 | valley | valley | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 streets | nmod |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 propylaeon | punct |
| 49 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=CCONJ | 53 propylaeon | cc |
| 50 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 49 as | fixed |
| 51 | as | as | ADP | _ | 49 as | fixed |
| 52 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 53 propylaeon | det |
| 53 | propylaeon | propylaeon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 network | conj |
| 54 | with | with | ADP | _ | 55 stairs | case |
| 55 | stairs | stair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 propylaeon | nmod |
| 56 | connecting | connect | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 55 stairs | acl |
| 57 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 connecting | obj |
| 58 | to | to | ADP | _ | 60 acropolis | case |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 acropolis | det |
| 60 | acropolis | acropolis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 connecting | obl |
| 61 | on | on | ADP | _ | 63 Hill | case |
| 62 | Citadel | Citadel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 63 Hill | compound |
| 63 | Hill | Hill | PROPN | Number=Sing | 60 acropolis | nmod |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 72 built | punct |
| 65 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 72 built | advmod |
| 66 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 67 temple | det |
| 67 | temple | temple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 built | nsubj:pass |
| 68 | dedicated | dedicate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 67 temple | acl |
| 69 | to | to | ADP | _ | 70 Hercules | case |
| 70 | Hercules | Hercules | PROPN | Number=Sing | 68 dedicated | obl |
| 71 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 72 built | aux:pass |
| 72 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 63 Hill | acl:relcl |
| 73 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the second century AD | Philadelphia | a network of colonnaded streets in the valley as a propylaeon with stairs parataxis | tree rules | |||
| 2 | thrive | gerund | Philadelphia not said here | with the city; with a large theater and a smaller odeon theater and a forum | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | rebuild | gerund · passive | the city not said here | the classical Roman style | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP» | ||||
| 4 | connect | gerund | stairs not said here | AD | to the acropolis on Citadel Hill | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient to acropolis=Co-Patient | |||
| 5 | dedicate | participle | a temple not said here | Hercules | vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent to hercules=Goal | ||||
| 6 | build | past · passive | a temple | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
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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