Dublin, sentence 36
From Wikipedia, «Dublin», 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.
The town grew into a substantial commercial centre under Olaf Guthfrithson in the mid-to-late 10th century and, despite some attacks by the native Irish, it remained largely under Viking control until the Norman invasion of Ireland was launched from Wales in 1169.
Who acts: town · What happens: grow, remain, launch, invade · To what, where: substantial commercial centre, Viking control, Norman invasion, Wales, Ireland
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Dublin». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (town), 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 town | det |
| 2 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grew | nsubj |
| 3 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 centre | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 centre | det |
| 6 | substantial | substantial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 centre | amod |
| 7 | commercial | commercial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 centre | amod |
| 8 | centre | centre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grew | obl |
| 9 | under | under | ADP | _ | 10 Olaf | case |
| 10 | Olaf | Olaf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 centre | nmod |
| 11 | Guthfrithson | Guthfrithson | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Olaf | flat |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 century | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 century | det |
| 14 | mid-to-late | mid-to-late | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 century | compound |
| 15 | 10th | 10th | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 16 century | amod |
| 16 | century | century | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grew | obl |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 remained | cc |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 and | punct |
| 19 | despite | despite | ADP | _ | 21 attacks | case |
| 20 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 21 attacks | det |
| 21 | attacks | attack | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 remained | obl |
| 22 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 25 Irish | mark |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 Irish | det |
| 24 | native | native | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 Irish | amod |
| 25 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 attacks | acl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 attacks | punct |
| 27 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 remained | nsubj |
| 28 | remained | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 grew | conj |
| 29 | largely | largely | ADV | _ | 28 remained | advmod |
| 30 | under | under | ADP | _ | 32 control | case |
| 31 | Viking | viking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 control | compound |
| 32 | control | control | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 remained | obl |
| 33 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 40 launched | mark |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 invasion | det |
| 35 | Norman | norman | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 invasion | amod |
| 36 | invasion | invasion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 launched | nsubj:pass |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 Ireland | case |
| 38 | Ireland | Ireland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 invasion | nmod |
| 39 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 launched | aux:pass |
| 40 | launched | launch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 remained | advcl |
| 41 | from | from | ADP | _ | 42 Wales | case |
| 42 | Wales | Wales | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 launched | obl |
| 43 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 1169 | case |
| 44 | 1169 | 1169 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 40 launched | obl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 grew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | past | the town | century | into a substantial commercial centre under Olaf result | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into centre=Result | |||
| 2 | remain | past | town | Viking control | despite some attacks; largely property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under control=Location | |||
| 3 | launch | past · passive | the Norman invasion of Ireland | Wales | in 1169 | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in 1169=Destination | |||
| 4 | invade | Ireland | nom invasion «act 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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