Dhaka, sentence 119
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The property of the Ahsan Manzil was initially bought by the French for their factory and later sold to the Dhaka Nawab Family.
What happens: buy, sell · To what, where: property, Dhaka Nawab Family
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Dhaka». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 property | det |
| 2 | property | property | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bought | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Manzil | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Manzil | det |
| 5 | Ahsan | Ahsan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Manzil | compound |
| 6 | Manzil | Manzil | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 property | nmod |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 bought | aux:pass |
| 8 | initially | initially | ADV | _ | 9 bought | advmod |
| 9 | bought | buy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 French | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 French | det |
| 12 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 bought | obl |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 factory | case |
| 14 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 factory | nmod:poss |
| 15 | factory | factory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 French | obl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 sold | cc |
| 17 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 18 sold | advmod |
| 18 | sold | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 bought | conj |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 Family | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 Family | det |
| 21 | Dhaka | Dhaka | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 Family | compound |
| 22 | Nawab | Nawab | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 Family | compound |
| 23 | Family | Family | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 sold | obl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 bought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | past · passive | the property of the Ahsan Manzil | by the French for companies's factory; initially property | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | sell | past | the Dhaka Nawab Family | late property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to family=Recipient |
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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