Dhaka, sentence 154
From Wikipedia, «Dhaka», 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.
Similar to colonial boroughs the length and breadth of the Subcontinent, this development was typified by stately government buildings, spacious tree-lined avenues, and sturdy white-washed bungalows set amidst always overgrown (the British never did manage to fully tame the landscape) gardens.
Who acts: sturdy washed bungalows · What happens: typify, line, wash, set, overgrow, not manage · To what, where: development, amidst, British gardens, landscape
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: who acts (sturdy washed bungalows), 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 | Similar | similar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 boroughs | case |
| 3 | colonial | colonial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 boroughs | amod |
| 4 | boroughs | borough | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Similar | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 length | det |
| 6 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 boroughs | nmod:unmarked |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 breadth | cc |
| 8 | breadth | breadth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 length | conj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Subcontinent | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Subcontinent | det |
| 11 | Subcontinent | Subcontinent | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 breadth | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 typified | punct |
| 13 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 development | det |
| 14 | development | development | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 typified | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 typified | aux:pass |
| 16 | typified | typify | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 length | parataxis |
| 17 | by | by | ADP | _ | 20 buildings | case |
| 18 | stately | stately | ADV | _ | 20 buildings | advmod |
| 19 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 buildings | compound |
| 20 | buildings | building | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 typified | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 avenues | punct |
| 22 | spacious | spacious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 avenues | amod |
| 23 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 lined | compound |
| 24 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 23 tree | punct |
| 25 | lined | line | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 avenues | amod |
| 26 | avenues | avenue | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 buildings | conj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 set | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 set | cc |
| 29 | sturdy | sturdy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 bungalows | amod |
| 30 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 washed | compound |
| 31 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 30 white | punct |
| 32 | washed | wash | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 bungalows | amod |
| 33 | bungalows | bungalow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 set | nsubj |
| 34 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 typified | conj |
| 35 | amidst | amidst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 set | obj |
| 36 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 37 overgrown | advmod |
| 37 | overgrown | overgrow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 set | advcl |
| 38 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 50 gardens | punct |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 gardens | det |
| 40 | British | British | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 gardens | amod |
| 41 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 43 manage | advmod |
| 42 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 manage | aux |
| 43 | manage | manage | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 40 British | parataxis |
| 44 | to | to | PART | _ | 46 tame | mark |
| 45 | fully | fully | ADV | _ | 46 tame | advmod |
| 46 | tame | tame | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 manage | advcl |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 landscape | det |
| 48 | landscape | landscape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 tame | obj |
| 49 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 40 British | punct |
| 50 | gardens | garden | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 overgrown | obl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Similar | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | typify | past · passive | this development | by government buildings and spacious lined avenues | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | line | participle | tree compound | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | wash | participle | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | set | present | sturdy washed bungalows | amidst | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient amidst=Result | ||||
| 5 | overgrow | participle | sturdy washed bungalows not said here | the British gardens | always property | tree rules | |||
| 6 | not manage | past · do-support | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 7 | tame | to-infinitive | the landscape | fully property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent landscape=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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