Barbados, sentence 9
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An English ship, the Olive Blossom, arrived in Barbados on 14 May 1625; its men took possession of the island in the name of King James I. In 1627, the first permanent settlers arrived from England, and Barbados became an English and later British colony.
Who acts: English ship, men, first permanent settlers, Barbados · What happens: arrive, take, become, possess, name · To what, where: Barbados, possession, name, England, English colony, island
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Barbados». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (English ship, men, first permanent settlers, Barbados), 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 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 ship | det |
| 2 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 ship | amod |
| 3 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 arrived | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Blossom | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Blossom | det |
| 6 | Olive | olive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Blossom | amod |
| 7 | Blossom | blossom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ship | appos |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 ship | punct |
| 9 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 Barbados | case |
| 11 | Barbados | Barbados | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 arrived | obl |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 14 | case |
| 13 | 14 | 14 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 arrived | obl |
| 14 | May | May | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 14 | nmod:unmarked |
| 15 | 1625 | 1625 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 14 | flat |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 took | punct |
| 17 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 men | nmod:poss |
| 18 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 took | nsubj |
| 19 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 arrived | conj |
| 20 | possession | possession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 took | obj |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 island | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 island | det |
| 23 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 possession | nmod |
| 24 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 name | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 name | det |
| 26 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 took | obl |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 I. | case |
| 28 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 I. | compound |
| 29 | James | James | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 I. | compound |
| 30 | I. | I. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 name | nmod |
| 31 | In | in | ADP | _ | 32 1627 | case |
| 32 | 1627 | 1627 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 19 took | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 arrived | punct |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 settlers | det |
| 35 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 37 settlers | amod |
| 36 | permanent | permanent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 settlers | amod |
| 37 | settlers | settler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 arrived | nsubj |
| 38 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 took | conj |
| 39 | from | from | ADP | _ | 40 England | case |
| 40 | England | England | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 arrived | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 became | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 became | cc |
| 43 | Barbados | Barbados | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 became | nsubj |
| 44 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 took | conj |
| 45 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 50 colony | det |
| 46 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 colony | amod |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 British | cc |
| 48 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 49 British | advmod |
| 49 | British | British | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 English | conj |
| 50 | colony | colony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 became | xcomp |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 arrived | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arrive | past | a English ship | Barbados | on 14 May | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | take | past | ship's men | possession of the island | the name of King James I. | in 1627 | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent possession=Value in name=Location | ||
| 3 | arrive | past | the first permanent settlers | England | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from england=Initial_Location | ||||
| 4 | become | past | Barbados | a English colony | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 5 | possess | the island | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 6 | name | King James I. | nom name «communication transitive»: 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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