Asmara, sentence 71
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The city is known for its early 20th-century buildings, including the Art Deco Cinema Impero (opened in 1937 and considered by the experts one of the world's finest examples of Art Déco style building), Cubist Africa Pension, eclectic Eritrean Orthodox Enda Mariam Cathedral and former Opera House, the futurist Fiat Tagliero Building, the neo-Romanesque Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Asmara, and the neoclassical Governor's Palace.
Who acts: world · What happens: know, open, consider, exemplify · To what, where: city, Deco Cinema Impero, 1937, Déco style building
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Asmara». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (world), 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 | 2 city | det |
| 2 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 known | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 known | aux:pass |
| 4 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 buildings | case |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 buildings | nmod:poss |
| 7 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 buildings | amod |
| 8 | 20th | 20th | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 10 century | amod |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 20th | punct |
| 10 | century | century | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 buildings | compound |
| 11 | buildings | building | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 known | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 Impero | punct |
| 13 | including | including | ADP | _ | 18 Impero | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Impero | det |
| 15 | Art | Art | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Deco | compound |
| 16 | Deco | Deco | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Impero | compound |
| 17 | Cinema | Cinema | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Impero | compound |
| 18 | Impero | Impero | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 buildings | nmod |
| 19 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 20 opened | punct |
| 20 | opened | open | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 Impero | acl |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 1937 | case |
| 22 | 1937 | 1937 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 20 opened | obl |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 considered | cc |
| 24 | considered | consider | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 opened | conj |
| 25 | by | by | ADP | _ | 27 experts | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 experts | det |
| 27 | experts | expert | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 considered | obl:agent |
| 28 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 27 experts | flat |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 examples | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 world | det |
| 31 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 examples | nmod:poss |
| 32 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 31 world | case |
| 33 | finest | fine | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 34 examples | amod |
| 34 | examples | example | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 one | nmod |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 building | case |
| 36 | Art | Art | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 Déco | compound |
| 37 | Déco | Déco | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 building | compound |
| 38 | style | style | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 building | compound |
| 39 | building | building | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 examples | nmod |
| 40 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 20 opened | punct |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 Africa | punct |
| 42 | Cubist | Cubist | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 Africa | compound |
| 43 | Africa | Africa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Impero | conj |
| 44 | Pension | Pension | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 Africa | flat |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 Eritrean | punct |
| 46 | eclectic | eclectic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 Eritrean | amod |
| 47 | Eritrean | Eritrean | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Impero | conj |
| 48 | Orthodox | Orthodox | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 Eritrean | flat |
| 49 | Enda | Enda | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 Eritrean | flat |
| 50 | Mariam | Mariam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 Cathedral | compound |
| 51 | Cathedral | Cathedral | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 Eritrean | flat |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 House | cc |
| 53 | former | former | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 House | amod |
| 54 | Opera | Opera | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 House | compound |
| 55 | House | House | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Impero | conj |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 futurist | punct |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 futurist | det |
| 58 | futurist | futurist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 Impero | conj |
| 59 | Fiat | Fiat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 futurist | appos |
| 60 | Tagliero | Tagliero | PROPN | Number=Sing | 59 Fiat | flat |
| 61 | Building | Building | PROPN | Number=Sing | 59 Fiat | flat |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 Church | punct |
| 63 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 Church | det |
| 64 | neo-Romanesque | neo-romanesque | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 65 Church | amod |
| 65 | Church | Church | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Impero | appos |
| 66 | of | of | ADP | _ | 68 Lady | case |
| 67 | Our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 68 Lady | nmod:poss |
| 68 | Lady | Lady | PROPN | Number=Sing | 65 Church | nmod |
| 69 | of | of | ADP | _ | 71 Rosary | case |
| 70 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 71 Rosary | det |
| 71 | Rosary | Rosary | PROPN | Number=Sing | 65 Church | nmod |
| 72 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 73 Asmara | punct |
| 73 | Asmara | Asmara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Impero | conj |
| 74 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 80 Palace | punct |
| 75 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 80 Palace | cc |
| 76 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 78 Governor | det |
| 77 | neoclassical | neoclassical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 78 Governor | amod |
| 78 | Governor | Governor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 80 Palace | nmod:poss |
| 79 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 78 Governor | case |
| 80 | Palace | Palace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 known | obl |
| 81 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 known | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present · passive | the city | for city's early century buildings including the Deco Cinema Impero and Cubist Africa and eclectic Eritrean and former Opera House and the futurist and Asmara; the neoclassical Governor's Palace obl | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | open | participle | the Deco Cinema Impero and Cubist Africa and eclectic Eritrean and former Opera House and the futurist and Asmara not said here | 1937 | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 1937=Location | ||||
| 3 | consider | participle | the experts obl:agent | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | exemplify | the world | Déco style building | nom example «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
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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