Canberra, sentence 207
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In 1967 the then National Capital Development Commission adopted the "Y Plan" which laid out future urban development in Canberra around a series of central shopping and commercial area known as the 'town centres' linked by freeways, the layout of which roughly resembled the shape of the letter Y, with Tuggeranong at the base of the Y and Belconnen and Gungahlin located at the ends of the arms of the Y.
Who acts: National Development Commission, Tuggeranong · What happens: adopt, lay out, know, link, resemble, locate · To what, where: Y Plan, 1967, future urban development, Canberra, central shopping, town centres
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Canberra». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (National Development Commission, Tuggeranong), 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 1967 | case |
| 2 | 1967 | 1967 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 adopted | obl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Commission | det |
| 4 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 National | advmod |
| 5 | National | national | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 Commission | amod |
| 6 | Capital | Capital | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Development | compound |
| 7 | Development | Development | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Commission | compound |
| 8 | Commission | Commission | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 adopted | nsubj |
| 9 | adopted | adopt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Plan | det |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 Plan | punct |
| 12 | Y | Y | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Plan | compound |
| 13 | Plan | Plan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 adopted | obj |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 Plan | punct |
| 15 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 laid | nsubj |
| 16 | laid | lay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 adopted | conj |
| 17 | out | out | ADP | _ | 16 laid | compound:prt |
| 18 | future | future | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 development | amod |
| 19 | urban | urban | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 development | amod |
| 20 | development | development | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 laid | obj |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 Canberra | case |
| 22 | Canberra | Canberra | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 development | nmod |
| 23 | around | around | ADP | _ | 25 series | case |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 series | det |
| 25 | series | series | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 laid | obl |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 shopping | case |
| 27 | central | central | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 shopping | amod |
| 28 | shopping | shopping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 series | nmod |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 area | cc |
| 30 | commercial | commercial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 area | amod |
| 31 | area | area | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 shopping | conj |
| 32 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 shopping | acl |
| 33 | as | as | ADP | _ | 37 centres | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 centres | det |
| 35 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 37 centres | punct |
| 36 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 centres | compound |
| 37 | centres | centre | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 known | obl |
| 38 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 37 centres | case |
| 39 | linked | link | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 37 centres | acl |
| 40 | by | by | ADP | _ | 41 freeways | case |
| 41 | freeways | freeway | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 linked | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 layout | punct |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 layout | det |
| 44 | layout | layout | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 freeways | appos |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 which | case |
| 46 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 48 resembled | obl |
| 47 | roughly | roughly | ADV | _ | 48 resembled | advmod |
| 48 | resembled | resemble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 layout | acl:relcl |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 shape | det |
| 50 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 resembled | obj |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 letter | case |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 letter | det |
| 53 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 shape | nmod |
| 54 | Y | Y | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 letter | appos |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 Tuggeranong | punct |
| 56 | with | with | ADP | _ | 57 Tuggeranong | case |
| 57 | Tuggeranong | Tuggeranong | PROPN | Number=Sing | 68 located | nsubj |
| 58 | at | at | ADP | _ | 60 base | case |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 base | det |
| 60 | base | base | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 Tuggeranong | nmod |
| 61 | of | of | ADP | _ | 63 Y | case |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 Y | det |
| 63 | Y | Y | PROPN | Number=Sing | 60 base | nmod |
| 64 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 65 Belconnen | cc |
| 65 | Belconnen | Belconnen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 63 Y | conj |
| 66 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 67 Gungahlin | cc |
| 67 | Gungahlin | Gungahlin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 63 Y | conj |
| 68 | located | locate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 48 resembled | conj |
| 69 | at | at | ADP | _ | 71 ends | case |
| 70 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 71 ends | det |
| 71 | ends | end | NOUN | Number=Plur | 68 located | obl |
| 72 | of | of | ADP | _ | 74 arms | case |
| 73 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 74 arms | det |
| 74 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 71 ends | nmod |
| 75 | of | of | ADP | _ | 77 Y | case |
| 76 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 77 Y | det |
| 77 | Y | Y | PROPN | Number=Sing | 74 arms | nmod |
| 78 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 adopted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | adopt | past | the National Development Commission | the Y Plan | 1967 | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Theme | |||
| 2 | lay out | past | future urban development | Canberra | around a series of central shopping and commercial area; which nsubj | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent development=Theme around series=Destination | |||
| 3 | know | participle | central shopping and commercial area not said here | as the town centres | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as centre=Attribute | ||||
| 4 | link | participle | the town centres not said here | by freeways | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 5 | resemble | past | the shape of the letter | of the layout; roughly property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | locate | past | Tuggeranong at the base of the Y and Belconnen and Gungahlin | at the ends of the arms of the Y | tree rules |
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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