Brunei, sentence 316
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On 25 December 2015, 4,000 out of 18,000 estimated local Catholics attended the mass of Christmas Day and Christmas Eve. In 2015, the then-head of the Catholic Church in Brunei told The Brunei Times, "To be quite honest there has been no change for us this year; no new restrictions have been laid down, although we fully respect and adhere to the existing regulations that our celebrations and worship be [confined] to the compounds of the church and private residences".
Who acts: estimated local Catholics, head, we, our · What happens: estimate, attend, tell, be, lay down, respect · To what, where: mass, 25, Brunei Times, change, new restrictions, celebrations · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Brunei». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (estimated local Catholics, head, we, our), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 2 25 | case |
| 2 | 25 | 25 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 attended | obl |
| 3 | December | December | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 2015 | nmod:unmarked |
| 4 | 2015 | 2015 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 25 | nmod:unmarked |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 4,000 | punct |
| 6 | 4,000 | 4,000 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 25 | conj |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 18,000 | case |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 18,000 | case |
| 9 | 18,000 | 18,000 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 4,000 | nmod |
| 10 | estimated | estimate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 Catholics | amod |
| 11 | local | local | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 Catholics | amod |
| 12 | Catholics | Catholic | PROPN | Number=Plur | 13 attended | nsubj |
| 13 | attended | attend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 mass | det |
| 15 | mass | mass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 attended | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 Day | case |
| 17 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Day | compound |
| 18 | Day | Day | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 mass | nmod |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 Eve. | cc |
| 20 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Eve. | compound |
| 21 | Eve. | Eve. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Day | conj |
| 22 | In | in | ADP | _ | 23 2015 | case |
| 23 | 2015 | 2015 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 attended | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 head | punct |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 head | det |
| 26 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 28 head | advmod |
| 27 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 26 then | punct |
| 28 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 told | nsubj |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 Church | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 Church | det |
| 31 | Catholic | Catholic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 Church | compound |
| 32 | Church | Church | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 head | nmod |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 Brunei | case |
| 34 | Brunei | Brunei | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 Church | nmod |
| 35 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 attended | conj |
| 36 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 Times | det |
| 37 | Brunei | Brunei | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 Times | compound |
| 38 | Times | Times | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 told | obj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 honest | punct |
| 40 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 44 honest | punct |
| 41 | To | to | PART | _ | 44 honest | mark |
| 42 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 44 honest | cop |
| 43 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 44 honest | advmod |
| 44 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 change | csubj |
| 45 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 44 honest | advmod |
| 46 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 change | aux |
| 47 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 49 change | cop |
| 48 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 49 change | det |
| 49 | change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 told | ccomp |
| 50 | for | for | ADP | _ | 51 us | case |
| 51 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 49 change | nmod |
| 52 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 53 year | det |
| 53 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 told | obl:unmarked |
| 54 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 60 laid | punct |
| 55 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 57 restrictions | det |
| 56 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 restrictions | amod |
| 57 | restrictions | restriction | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 laid | nsubj:pass |
| 58 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 60 laid | aux |
| 59 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 60 laid | aux:pass |
| 60 | laid | lay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 attended | conj |
| 61 | down | down | ADP | _ | 60 laid | compound:prt |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 respect | punct |
| 63 | although | although | SCONJ | _ | 66 respect | mark |
| 64 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 66 respect | nsubj |
| 65 | fully | fully | ADV | _ | 66 respect | advmod |
| 66 | respect | respect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 60 laid | parataxis |
| 67 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 68 adhere | cc |
| 68 | adhere | adhere | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 66 respect | conj |
| 69 | to | to | ADP | _ | 72 regulations | case |
| 70 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 72 regulations | det |
| 71 | existing | exist | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 72 regulations | amod |
| 72 | regulations | regulation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 68 adhere | obl |
| 73 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 80 confined | obj |
| 74 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 75 celebrations | nmod:poss |
| 75 | celebrations | celebration | NOUN | Number=Plur | 80 confined | nsubj:pass |
| 76 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 77 worship | cc |
| 77 | worship | worship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 75 celebrations | conj |
| 78 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 80 confined | aux:pass |
| 79 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 80 confined | punct |
| 80 | confined | confine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 72 regulations | acl:relcl |
| 81 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 80 confined | punct |
| 82 | to | to | ADP | _ | 84 compounds | case |
| 83 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 84 compounds | det |
| 84 | compounds | compound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 80 confined | obl |
| 85 | of | of | ADP | _ | 87 church | case |
| 86 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 87 church | det |
| 87 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 84 compounds | nmod |
| 88 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 90 residences | cc |
| 89 | private | private | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 90 residences | amod |
| 90 | residences | residence | NOUN | Number=Plur | 87 church | conj |
| 91 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 90 residences | punct |
| 92 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 attended | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | estimate | participle | vn estimate-34.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | attend | past | estimated local Catholics | the mass of Christmas Day and Christmas Eve. | 25 2015 December | in 2015 | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mass=Goal | ||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | past | the head of the Catholic Church in Brunei | the Brunei Times | year | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent times=Recipient | |||
| 4 | is in a quote | to-infinitive | there | honest property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | is a in a quote | present · perfect | no change | for us | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | lay down in a quote | present · perfect · passive | no new restrictions | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | |||||
| 7 | respect in a quote | present | we | fully property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 8 | adhere in a quote | infinitive | we not said here | to the existing regulations | vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to regulation=Co-Theme | ||||
| 9 | exist in a quote | gerund | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 10 | confine in a quote | infinitive · passive | our celebrations and worship | to the compounds of the church and private residences; the existing regulations obj | tree rules | ||||
| 11 | celebrate in a quote | our | nom celebration «event transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 12 | compound in a quote | the church and private residences | nom compound «cognition 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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