Andorra la Vella, sentence 9
From Wikipedia, «Andorra la Vella», 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.
Although in Catalan the word vella (like French vieille) is derived from the Latin word vetula which means "old", the Vella here (like French ville and Catalan vila) is derived from the Latin word villa, meaning "city".
Who acts: Latin word vetula · What happens: derive, mean · To what, where: word vella, Latin word vetula, Latin word villa, city
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Andorra la Vella». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Latin word vetula), 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 | Although | although | SCONJ | _ | 3 Catalan | case |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 Catalan | case |
| 3 | Catalan | Catalan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 derived | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 vella | det |
| 5 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 vella | compound |
| 6 | vella | vella | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 derived | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 10 vieille | punct |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 vieille | case |
| 9 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 vieille | amod |
| 10 | vieille | vieille | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 vella | appos |
| 11 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 10 vieille | punct |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 derived | aux:pass |
| 13 | derived | derive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 vetula | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 vetula | det |
| 16 | Latin | Latin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 vetula | amod |
| 17 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 vetula | compound |
| 18 | vetula | vetula | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 derived | obl |
| 19 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 means | nsubj |
| 20 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 vetula | acl:relcl |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 old | punct |
| 22 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 means | ccomp |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 old | punct |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 Vella | punct |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 Vella | det |
| 26 | Vella | Vella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 derived | obl |
| 27 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 derived | advmod |
| 28 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 37 derived | punct |
| 29 | like | like | ADP | _ | 31 ville | case |
| 30 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 ville | amod |
| 31 | ville | ville | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 derived | obl |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 vila | cc |
| 33 | Catalan | Catalan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 vila | compound |
| 34 | vila | vila | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 ville | conj |
| 35 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 34 vila | punct |
| 36 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 37 derived | aux:pass |
| 37 | derived | derive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 derived | conj |
| 38 | from | from | ADP | _ | 42 villa | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 villa | det |
| 40 | Latin | Latin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 villa | amod |
| 41 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 villa | compound |
| 42 | villa | villa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 derived | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 meaning | punct |
| 44 | meaning | mean | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 37 derived | advcl |
| 45 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 46 city | punct |
| 46 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 meaning | obj |
| 47 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 46 city | punct |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 derived | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derive | present · passive | the word vella | the Latin word vetula; here | although Catalan; the Vella obl | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from vetula=Material | |||
| 2 | mean | present | the Latin word vetula | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | derive | present · passive | the Latin word villa | like French ville and Catalan vila | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: from villa=Material | ||||
| 4 | mean | gerund | city | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Topic |
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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