Cape Town, sentence 328
From Wikipedia, «Cape Town», revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, CC BY-SA 4.0. The trees and pragmatics of these pages, Mova's parse of that text, are CC BY-SA 4.0 too.
Measures include the expanded use of digital tools, such as CCTV cameras and UAVs; increased Highway Patrol presence; substantially increased numbers of Law Enforcement officers; dispatching specialized teams of officers to areas based on the types of localized crimes there; targeting areas of specifically high crime; and lobbying the national government for more control (via the devolution of powers) over local policing.
Who acts: Measures · What happens: include, expand, increase, dispatch, specialize, base · To what, where: expanded use, Highway presence, numbers, specialized teams, areas, types
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Cape Town». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Measures), 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 | Measures | measure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 include | nsubj |
| 2 | include | include | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 use | det |
| 4 | expanded | expand | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 use | amod |
| 5 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 include | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 tools | case |
| 7 | digital | digital | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 tools | amod |
| 8 | tools | tool | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 use | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 cameras | punct |
| 10 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 13 cameras | case |
| 11 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 such | fixed |
| 12 | CCTV | cctv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 cameras | compound |
| 13 | cameras | camera | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 tools | nmod |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 UAVs | cc |
| 15 | UAVs | Uav | PROPN | Number=Plur | 13 cameras | conj |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 increased | punct |
| 17 | increased | increase | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 include | conj |
| 18 | Highway | Highway | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 presence | compound |
| 19 | Patrol | Patrol | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Highway | flat |
| 20 | presence | presence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 increased | obj |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 increased | punct |
| 22 | substantially | substantially | ADV | _ | 23 increased | advmod |
| 23 | increased | increase | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 include | conj |
| 24 | numbers | number | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 increased | obj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 officers | case |
| 26 | Law | law | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 officers | amod |
| 27 | Enforcement | enforcement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 officers | compound |
| 28 | officers | officer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 numbers | nmod |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 dispatching | punct |
| 30 | dispatching | dispatch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 include | conj |
| 31 | specialized | specialize | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 teams | amod |
| 32 | teams | team | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 dispatching | obj |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 officers | case |
| 34 | officers | officer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 teams | nmod |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 36 areas | case |
| 36 | areas | area | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 dispatching | obl |
| 37 | based | base | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 areas | acl |
| 38 | on | on | ADP | _ | 40 types | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 types | det |
| 40 | types | type | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 based | obl |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 crimes | case |
| 42 | localized | localize | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 crimes | amod |
| 43 | crimes | crime | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 types | nmod |
| 44 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 43 crimes | advmod |
| 45 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 46 targeting | punct |
| 46 | targeting | target | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 include | advcl |
| 47 | areas | area | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 targeting | obj |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 crime | case |
| 49 | specifically | specifically | ADV | _ | 50 high | advmod |
| 50 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 crime | amod |
| 51 | crime | crime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 areas | nmod |
| 52 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 54 lobbying | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 lobbying | cc |
| 54 | lobbying | lobby | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 include | advcl |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 government | det |
| 56 | national | national | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 government | amod |
| 57 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 lobbying | obj |
| 58 | for | for | ADP | _ | 60 control | case |
| 59 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 60 control | amod |
| 60 | control | control | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 lobbying | obl |
| 61 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 64 devolution | punct |
| 62 | via | via | ADP | _ | 64 devolution | case |
| 63 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 devolution | det |
| 64 | devolution | devolution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 control | appos |
| 65 | of | of | ADP | _ | 66 powers | case |
| 66 | powers | power | NOUN | Number=Plur | 64 devolution | nmod |
| 67 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 64 devolution | punct |
| 68 | over | over | ADV | _ | 69 local | advmod |
| 69 | local | local | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 64 devolution | parataxis |
| 70 | policing | police | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 69 local | advcl |
| 71 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 include | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | include | present | Measures | the expanded use of digital tools such CCTV cameras and UAVs | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent use=Theme | ||||
| 2 | expand | participle | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | increase | participle | Measures not said here | Highway presence | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer presence=Patient | ||||
| 4 | increase | past | Measures not said here | numbers of Law Enforcement officers | substantially property | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer number=Patient | |||
| 5 | dispatch | gerund | Measures not said here | specialized teams of officers | areas | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent team=Theme to area=Destination | |||
| 6 | specialize | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 7 | base | participle | areas not said here | the types of localized crimes | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on type=Source | ||||
| 8 | localize | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 9 | target | gerund | Measures not said here | areas of high crime | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent area=Theme | ||||
| 10 | lobby | gerund | Measures not said here | the national government | for more control | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent government=Recipient | |||
| 11 | police | gerund | Measures not said here | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 12 | use | digital tools such CCTV cameras and UAVs | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 13 | type | localized crimes | nom type «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 14 | devolve | powers | nom devolution «process 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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