Brasília, sentence 34
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In 1922 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Brazil's independence, President Epitácio Pessoa ordered the construction of an obelisk in the Cruls Quadrilateral, known as the Foundation Stone of Brasília, to mark the location of the future capital.
Who acts: Epitácio · What happens: celebrate, order, know, mark, construct · To what, where: 100th anniversary, construction, 1922, Cruls Quadrilateral, location, obelisk
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Brasília». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Epitácio), 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 | _ | 2 1922 | case |
| 2 | 1922 | 1922 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 16 ordered | obl |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 celebrate | mark |
| 4 | celebrate | celebrate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 1922 | acl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 anniversary | det |
| 6 | 100th | 100th | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 7 anniversary | amod |
| 7 | anniversary | anniversary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 celebrate | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 independence | case |
| 9 | Brazil | Brazil | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 independence | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 Brazil | case |
| 11 | independence | independence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 anniversary | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 1922 | punct |
| 13 | President | President | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Epitácio | nmod:desc |
| 14 | Epitácio | Epitácio | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 ordered | nsubj |
| 15 | Pessoa | Pessoa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Epitácio | flat |
| 16 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 construction | det |
| 18 | construction | construction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 ordered | obj |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 obelisk | case |
| 20 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 obelisk | det |
| 21 | obelisk | obelisk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 construction | nmod |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 Quadrilateral | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 Quadrilateral | det |
| 24 | Cruls | Crul | PROPN | Number=Plur | 25 Quadrilateral | compound |
| 25 | Quadrilateral | quadrilateral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 obelisk | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 known | punct |
| 27 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 Quadrilateral | acl |
| 28 | as | as | ADP | _ | 31 Stone | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 Stone | det |
| 30 | Foundation | Foundation | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 Stone | compound |
| 31 | Stone | Stone | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 known | obl |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 Brasília | case |
| 33 | Brasília | Brasília | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 Stone | nmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 mark | punct |
| 35 | to | to | PART | _ | 36 mark | mark |
| 36 | mark | mark | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 ordered | conj |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 location | det |
| 38 | location | location | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 mark | obj |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 capital | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 capital | det |
| 41 | future | future | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 capital | amod |
| 42 | capital | capital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 location | nmod |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 ordered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | celebrate | to-infinitive | the 100th anniversary of Brazil's independence | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anniversary=Theme | |||||
| 2 | order | past | Epitácio President | the construction of a obelisk in the Cruls Quadrilateral | 1922 | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent construction=Theme | |||
| 3 | know | participle | the Cruls Quadrilateral not said here | as the Foundation Stone of Brasília | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as stone=Attribute | ||||
| 4 | mark | to-infinitive | Epitácio President not said here | the location of the future capital | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent location=Destination | ||||
| 5 | construct | a obelisk in the Cruls Quadrilateral | nom construction «act 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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