Bucharest, sentence 59
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During Nicolae Ceaușescu's leadership (1965–89), a part of the historic city was demolished and replaced by 'Socialist realism' style development: (1) the Centrul Civic (the Civic Centre) and (2) the Palace of the Parliament, for which an entire historic quarter was razed to make way for Ceaușescu's megalomaniac plans.
Who acts: Ceaușescu · What happens: demolish, replace, raze, make, plan · To what, where: part, entire historic quarter, way
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Bucharest». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ceaușescu), 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 | During | during | ADP | _ | 5 leadership | case |
| 2 | Nicolae | Nicolae | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 leadership | nmod:poss |
| 3 | Ceaușescu | Ceaușescu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Nicolae | flat |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Nicolae | case |
| 5 | leadership | leadership | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 demolished | obl |
| 6 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 7 1965 | punct |
| 7 | 1965 | 1965 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 leadership | appos |
| 8 | – | – | SYM | ExtPos=ADP | 9 89 | case |
| 9 | 89 | 89 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 1965 | nmod |
| 10 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 7 1965 | punct |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 leadership | punct |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 part | det |
| 13 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 demolished | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 city | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 city | det |
| 16 | historic | historic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 city | amod |
| 17 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 part | nmod |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 demolished | aux:pass |
| 19 | demolished | demolish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 replaced | cc |
| 21 | replaced | replace | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 demolished | conj |
| 22 | by | by | ADP | _ | 28 development | case |
| 23 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 28 development | punct |
| 24 | Socialist | socialist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 realism | compound |
| 25 | realism | realism | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 development | nsubj |
| 26 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 28 development | punct |
| 27 | style | style | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 development | compound |
| 28 | development | development | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 replaced | obl |
| 29 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 35 Civic | punct |
| 30 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 31 1 | punct |
| 31 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 35 Civic | discourse |
| 32 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 31 1 | punct |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 Civic | det |
| 34 | Centrul | Centrul | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Civic | compound |
| 35 | Civic | Civic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 demolished | obl |
| 36 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 39 Centre | punct |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 Centre | det |
| 38 | Civic | civic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 Centre | amod |
| 39 | Centre | Centre | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Civic | appos |
| 40 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 39 Centre | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 Palace | cc |
| 42 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 43 2 | punct |
| 43 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 46 Palace | discourse |
| 44 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 43 2 | punct |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 Palace | det |
| 46 | Palace | Palace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Civic | conj |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 Parliament | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 Parliament | det |
| 49 | Parliament | Parliament | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 Palace | nmod |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 razed | punct |
| 51 | for | for | ADP | _ | 52 which | case |
| 52 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 58 razed | obl |
| 53 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 56 quarter | det |
| 54 | entire | entire | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 quarter | amod |
| 55 | historic | historic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 quarter | amod |
| 56 | quarter | quarter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 razed | nsubj:pass |
| 57 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 58 razed | aux:pass |
| 58 | razed | raze | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 Civic | acl:relcl |
| 59 | to | to | PART | _ | 60 make | mark |
| 60 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 58 razed | advcl |
| 61 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 make | obj |
| 62 | for | for | ADP | _ | 66 plans | case |
| 63 | Ceaușescu | Ceaușescu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 66 plans | nmod:poss |
| 64 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 63 Ceaușescu | case |
| 65 | megalomaniac | megalomaniac | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 plans | compound |
| 66 | plans | plan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 make | obl |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 demolished | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | demolish | past · passive | a part of the historic city | during Nicolae's leadership | the Centrul Civic and the Palace of the Parliament obl | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | replace | participle | by style development Socialist realism | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | raze | past · passive | a entire historic quarter | for the Centrul Civic and the Palace of the Parliament | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 4 | make | to-infinitive | way | for Ceaușescu's megalomaniac plans | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent way=Product for plan=Asset | ||||
| 5 | plan | Ceaușescu | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=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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