Cook Islands, sentence 118
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There are island councils, each headed by a mayor, on all of the inhabited outer islands (Outer Islands Local Government Act 1987 with amendments up to 2004, and Palmerston Island Local Government Act 1993) except Nassau, which is governed by Pukapuka (Suwarrow, with only one caretaker living on the island, also governed by Pukapuka, is not counted with the inhabited islands in this context).
Who acts: island councils, each, Pukapuka, one caretaker · What happens: be, head, inhabit, govern, live, not count · To what, where: island councils, Local Government Act, island
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Cook Islands». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (island councils, each, Pukapuka, one caretaker), 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 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 are | expl |
| 2 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 councils | compound |
| 4 | councils | council | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 are | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 headed | punct |
| 6 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 headed | nsubj |
| 7 | headed | head | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 councils | acl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 mayor | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 mayor | det |
| 10 | mayor | mayor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 headed | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 all | punct |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 all | case |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 headed | conj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 islands | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 islands | det |
| 16 | inhabited | inhabit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 islands | amod |
| 17 | outer | outer | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 islands | amod |
| 18 | islands | island | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 all | nmod |
| 19 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 21 Islands | punct |
| 20 | Outer | outer | ADP | _ | 21 Islands | case |
| 21 | Islands | Island | PROPN | Number=Plur | 18 islands | appos |
| 22 | Local | local | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 Act | amod |
| 23 | Government | Government | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Act | compound |
| 24 | Act | Act | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Islands | nmod |
| 25 | 1987 | 1987 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 24 Act | flat |
| 26 | with | with | ADP | _ | 27 amendments | case |
| 27 | amendments | amendment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 Islands | nmod |
| 28 | up | up | ADP | _ | 30 2004 | case |
| 29 | to | to | ADP | _ | 30 2004 | case |
| 30 | 2004 | 2004 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 27 amendments | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 counted | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 67 counted | cc |
| 33 | Palmerston | Palmerston | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 Island | compound |
| 34 | Island | Island | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Local | compound |
| 35 | Local | Local | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 Act | compound |
| 36 | Government | Government | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 Act | compound |
| 37 | Act | Act | PROPN | Number=Sing | 67 counted | nsubj:pass |
| 38 | 1993 | 1993 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 37 Act | nmod:unmarked |
| 39 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 38 1993 | punct |
| 40 | except | except | ADP | _ | 41 Nassau | case |
| 41 | Nassau | Nassau | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 Act | nmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 governed | punct |
| 43 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 45 governed | nsubj:pass |
| 44 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 45 governed | aux:pass |
| 45 | governed | govern | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 37 Act | acl |
| 46 | by | by | ADP | _ | 47 Pukapuka | case |
| 47 | Pukapuka | Pukapuka | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 governed | obl |
| 48 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 49 Suwarrow | punct |
| 49 | Suwarrow | Suwarrow | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 Pukapuka | conj |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 caretaker | punct |
| 51 | with | with | ADP | _ | 54 caretaker | case |
| 52 | only | only | ADV | _ | 53 one | advmod |
| 53 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 54 caretaker | nummod |
| 54 | caretaker | caretaker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 governed | obl |
| 55 | living | live | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 54 caretaker | acl |
| 56 | on | on | ADP | _ | 58 island | case |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 island | det |
| 58 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 living | obl |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 governed | punct |
| 60 | also | also | ADV | _ | 61 governed | advmod |
| 61 | governed | govern | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 58 island | acl |
| 62 | by | by | ADP | _ | 63 Pukapuka | case |
| 63 | Pukapuka | Pukapuka | PROPN | Number=Sing | 61 governed | obl |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 Act | punct |
| 65 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 67 counted | aux:pass |
| 66 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 67 counted | advmod |
| 67 | counted | count | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 are | conj |
| 68 | with | with | ADP | _ | 71 islands | case |
| 69 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 71 islands | det |
| 70 | inhabited | inhabit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 71 islands | amod |
| 71 | islands | island | NOUN | Number=Plur | 67 counted | obl |
| 72 | in | in | ADP | _ | 74 context | case |
| 73 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 74 context | det |
| 74 | context | context | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 islands | nmod |
| 75 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 67 counted | punct |
| 76 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 are | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | does | present | island councils | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | head | participle | each | island councils not said here | by a mayor | vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent council=Theme | |||
| 3 | inhabit | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | govern | present · passive | Pukapuka and Suwarrow | Local Government Act 1993 except Nassau | with one caretaker | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | |||
| 5 | live | gerund | one caretaker not said here | the island | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on island=Location | ||||
| 6 | govern | participle | the island not said here | by Pukapuka | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | not count | present · passive | Local Government Act 1993 except Nassau | with the inhabited islands in this context | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 8 | inhabit | participle | 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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