Belgrade, sentence 29
From Wikipedia, «Belgrade», 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.
Also associated with the Vinča culture are anthropomorphic figurines such as the Lady of Vinča, the earliest known copper metallurgy in Europe, and a proto-writing form developed prior to the Sumerians and Minoans known as the Old European script, which dates back to around 5300 BC.
Who acts: Vinča culture, writing form, Old European script · What happens: associate, be, know, develop, date back · To what, where: Sumerians, Minoans
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Belgrade». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Vinča culture, writing form, Old European script), 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 | Also | also | ADV | _ | 2 associated | advmod |
| 2 | associated | associate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 figurines | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 culture | det |
| 5 | Vinča | Vinča | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 culture | compound |
| 6 | culture | culture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 figurines | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 figurines | cop |
| 8 | anthropomorphic | anthropomorphic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 figurines | amod |
| 9 | figurines | figurine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 associated | obl |
| 10 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 13 Lady | case |
| 11 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 such | fixed |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Lady | det |
| 13 | Lady | Lady | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 figurines | nmod |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 Vinča | case |
| 15 | Vinča | Vinča | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Lady | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 metallurgy | punct |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 metallurgy | det |
| 18 | earliest | early | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 21 metallurgy | amod |
| 19 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 metallurgy | amod |
| 20 | copper | copper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 metallurgy | compound |
| 21 | metallurgy | metallurgy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 Lady | appos |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 Europe | case |
| 23 | Europe | Europe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 metallurgy | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 developed | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 developed | cc |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 form | det |
| 27 | proto | proto | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 writing | amod |
| 28 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 27 proto | punct |
| 29 | writing | writing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 form | compound |
| 30 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 developed | nsubj |
| 31 | developed | develop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 associated | parataxis |
| 32 | prior | prior | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 35 Sumerians | case |
| 33 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 prior | fixed |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 Sumerians | det |
| 35 | Sumerians | Sumerian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 31 developed | obj |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 Minoans | cc |
| 37 | Minoans | Minoan | PROPN | Number=Plur | 35 Sumerians | conj |
| 38 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 37 Minoans | acl |
| 39 | as | as | ADP | _ | 43 script | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 script | det |
| 41 | Old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 script | amod |
| 42 | European | European | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 script | amod |
| 43 | script | script | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 known | obl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 dates | punct |
| 45 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 46 dates | nsubj |
| 46 | dates | date | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 43 script | acl:relcl |
| 47 | back | back | ADV | _ | 46 dates | advmod |
| 48 | to | to | ADP | _ | 50 5300 | case |
| 49 | around | around | ADP | _ | 50 5300 | case |
| 50 | 5300 | 5300 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 46 dates | obl |
| 51 | BC | BC | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 5300 | nmod:unmarked |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 associated | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | associate | participle | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | the Vinča culture | with anthropomorphic figurines; such the Lady of Vinča | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | know | participle | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 4 | develop | past | a writing form | the Sumerians and Minoans | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sumerian=Product | ||||
| 5 | know | participle | Minoans not said here | as the Old European script | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as script=Attribute | ||||
| 6 | date back | present | the Old European script | to 5300 BC | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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