Antananarivo, sentence 49
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The British diplomats who concluded trade treaties with Radama recognized him as the "ruler of Madagascar", a position he and his successors claimed despite never managing to impose their authority over the larger portion of the island's south.
Who acts: British diplomats, Radama · What happens: conclude, recognize, claim, not manage, not impose · To what, where: trade treaties, Radama, position, authority, larger portion
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Antananarivo». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (British diplomats, Radama), 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 | 3 diplomats | det |
| 2 | British | British | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 diplomats | amod |
| 3 | diplomats | diplomat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 recognized | nsubj |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 concluded | nsubj |
| 5 | concluded | conclude | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 diplomats | acl:relcl |
| 6 | trade | trade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 treaties | compound |
| 7 | treaties | treaty | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 concluded | obj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 Radama | case |
| 9 | Radama | Radama | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 concluded | obl |
| 10 | recognized | recognize | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 recognized | obj |
| 12 | as | as | ADP | _ | 15 ruler | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 ruler | det |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 ruler | punct |
| 15 | ruler | ruler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 recognized | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 Madagascar | case |
| 17 | Madagascar | Madagascar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 ruler | nmod |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 Madagascar | punct |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 position | punct |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 position | det |
| 21 | position | position | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 Madagascar | appos |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 claimed | nsubj |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 successors | cc |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 successors | nmod:poss |
| 25 | successors | successor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 he | conj |
| 26 | claimed | claim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 position | acl:relcl |
| 27 | despite | despite | ADP | _ | 29 managing | mark |
| 28 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 29 managing | advmod |
| 29 | managing | manage | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 26 claimed | advcl |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 impose | mark |
| 31 | impose | impose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 managing | xcomp |
| 32 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 authority | nmod:poss |
| 33 | authority | authority | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 impose | obj |
| 34 | over | over | ADP | _ | 37 portion | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 portion | det |
| 36 | larger | large | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 37 portion | amod |
| 37 | portion | portion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 impose | obl |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 south | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 island | det |
| 40 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 south | nmod:poss |
| 41 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 40 island | case |
| 42 | south | south | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 portion | nmod |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 recognized | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conclude | past | the British diplomats | trade treaties | with Radama | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector treaty=Eventuality with radama=Subeventuality | |||
| 2 | recognize | past | the British diplomats | Radama | as the ruler of Madagascar | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus as ruler=Attribute | |||
| 3 | claim speech: other | past | Radama | a position not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent position=Topic | ||||
| 4 | not manage | gerund | Radama not said here | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 5 | not impose | to-infinitive | Radama not said here | diplomats's authority | the larger portion of the island's south | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent authority=Theme |
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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