Benin, sentence 162
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In the 2013 census, 48.5% of the population of Benin were Christian (25.5% Roman Catholic, 6.7% Celestial Church of Christ, 3.4% Methodist, and 12.9% other Christian denominations), 27.7% were Muslim, 11.6% practiced Vodun, 2.6% practiced other local traditional religions, 2.6% practiced other religions, and 5.8% claimed no religious affiliation.
What happens: be, practice, claim · To what, where: 2013 census, Vodun, other local traditional religions, other religions, religious affiliation
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Benin». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 census | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 census | det |
| 3 | 2013 | 2013 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 census | nummod |
| 4 | census | census | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 Christian | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 census | punct |
| 6 | 48.5 | 48.5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 % | nummod |
| 7 | % | % | SYM | Number=Sing | 14 Christian | nsubj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 population | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 population | det |
| 10 | population | population | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 % | nmod |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Benin | case |
| 12 | Benin | Benin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 population | nmod |
| 13 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 Christian | cop |
| 14 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 15 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 19 Catholic | punct |
| 16 | 25.5 | 25.5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 17 % | nummod |
| 17 | % | % | SYM | Number=Sing | 19 Catholic | compound |
| 18 | Roman | roman | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 Catholic | amod |
| 19 | Catholic | catholic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 Christian | parataxis |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 Church | punct |
| 21 | 6.7 | 6.7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 22 % | nummod |
| 22 | % | % | SYM | Number=Sing | 24 Church | compound |
| 23 | Celestial | Celestial | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Church | compound |
| 24 | Church | Church | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Catholic | nmod |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 Christ | case |
| 26 | Christ | Christ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Church | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 Methodist | punct |
| 28 | 3.4 | 3.4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 29 % | nummod |
| 29 | % | % | SYM | Number=Sing | 30 Methodist | compound |
| 30 | Methodist | Methodist | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Catholic | conj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 denominations | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 denominations | cc |
| 33 | 12.9 | 12.9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 34 % | nummod |
| 34 | % | % | SYM | Number=Sing | 37 denominations | compound |
| 35 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 denominations | amod |
| 36 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 denominations | amod |
| 37 | denominations | denomination | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 Catholic | conj |
| 38 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 19 Catholic | punct |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 Muslim | punct |
| 40 | 27.7 | 27.7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 41 % | nummod |
| 41 | % | % | SYM | Number=Sing | 43 Muslim | nsubj |
| 42 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 Muslim | cop |
| 43 | Muslim | Muslim | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 Christian | conj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 practiced | punct |
| 45 | 11.6 | 11.6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 46 % | nummod |
| 46 | % | % | SYM | Number=Sing | 47 practiced | nsubj |
| 47 | practiced | practice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 Christian | parataxis |
| 48 | Vodun | Vodun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 practiced | obj |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 practiced | punct |
| 50 | 2.6 | 2.6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 51 % | nummod |
| 51 | % | % | SYM | Number=Sing | 52 practiced | nsubj |
| 52 | practiced | practice | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 practiced | conj |
| 53 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 religions | amod |
| 54 | local | local | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 religions | amod |
| 55 | traditional | traditional | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 religions | amod |
| 56 | religions | religion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 practiced | obj |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 practiced | punct |
| 58 | 2.6 | 2.6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 59 % | nummod |
| 59 | % | % | SYM | Number=Sing | 60 practiced | nsubj |
| 60 | practiced | practice | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 practiced | conj |
| 61 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 62 religions | amod |
| 62 | religions | religion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 practiced | obj |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 claimed | punct |
| 64 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 67 claimed | cc |
| 65 | 5.8 | 5.8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 66 % | nummod |
| 66 | % | % | SYM | Number=Sing | 67 claimed | nsubj |
| 67 | claimed | claim | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 60 practiced | conj |
| 68 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 70 affiliation | det |
| 69 | religious | religious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 70 affiliation | amod |
| 70 | affiliation | affiliation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 claimed | obj |
| 71 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 Christian | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the 2013 census | % Roman Catholic % Celestial Church of Christ and % Methodist and % other Christian denominations parataxis; christian property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | past | muslim property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | practice | past | Vodun | vn rehearse-26.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vodun=Theme | |||||
| 4 | practice | past | other local traditional religions | vn rehearse-26.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent religion=Theme | |||||
| 5 | practice | past | other religions | vn rehearse-26.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent religion=Theme | |||||
| 6 | claim speech: other | past | no religious affiliation | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent affiliation=Topic |
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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