Bangui, sentence 12
From Wikipedia, «Bangui», 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.
Archaeological studies in and around Bangui have yielded at least 26 ancient Iron Age sites that contain many metallurgical tools and objects, illuminating the pre-European history of the city and surrounding area.
Who acts: Archaeological studies, 26 ancient Age sites, many metallurgical tools · What happens: yield, contain, illuminate, surround · To what, where: 26 ancient Age sites, many metallurgical tools, pre-European history, area
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Bangui». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Archaeological studies, 26 ancient Age sites, many metallurgical tools), 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 | Archaeological | archaeological | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 studies | amod |
| 2 | studies | study | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 yielded | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Bangui | case |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 around | cc |
| 5 | around | around | ADP | _ | 3 in | conj |
| 6 | Bangui | Bangui | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 studies | nmod |
| 7 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 yielded | aux |
| 8 | yielded | yield | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 least | case |
| 10 | least | least | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 11 26 | nmod |
| 11 | 26 | 26 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 sites | nummod |
| 12 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 sites | amod |
| 13 | Iron | Iron | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Age | compound |
| 14 | Age | Age | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 sites | compound |
| 15 | sites | site | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 yielded | obj |
| 16 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 contain | nsubj |
| 17 | contain | contain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 sites | acl:relcl |
| 18 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 tools | amod |
| 19 | metallurgical | metallurgical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 tools | amod |
| 20 | tools | tool | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 contain | obj |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 objects | cc |
| 22 | objects | object | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 tools | conj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 illuminating | punct |
| 24 | illuminating | illuminate | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 20 tools | acl |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 history | det |
| 26 | pre-European | pre-european | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 history | amod |
| 27 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 illuminating | obj |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 city | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 city | det |
| 30 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 history | nmod |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 surrounding | cc |
| 32 | surrounding | surround | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 24 illuminating | conj |
| 33 | area | area | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 surrounding | obj |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 yielded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yield | present · perfect | Archaeological studies in Bangui | 26 ancient Age sites | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent site=Theme | ||||
| 2 | contain | present | 26 ancient Age sites | many metallurgical tools and objects | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot tool=Theme | ||||
| 3 | illuminate | gerund | many metallurgical tools and objects not said here | the pre-European history of the city | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent history=Destination | ||||
| 4 | surround | gerund | many metallurgical tools and objects not said here | area | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme area=Co-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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