Fiji, sentence 495
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Kinship is determined through a child's lineage to a particular spiritual leader, so that a clan is based on traditional customary ties as opposed to actual biological links.
What happens: determine, base, oppose · To what, where: Kinship, lineage, clan, traditional customary ties
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinship | kinship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 determined | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 determined | aux:pass |
| 3 | determined | determine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | through | through | ADP | _ | 8 lineage | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 child | det |
| 6 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lineage | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 child | case |
| 8 | lineage | lineage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 determined | obl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 leader | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 leader | det |
| 11 | particular | particular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 leader | amod |
| 12 | spiritual | spiritual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 leader | amod |
| 13 | leader | leader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 determined | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 based | punct |
| 15 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 20 based | mark |
| 16 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 so | fixed |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 clan | det |
| 18 | clan | clan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 based | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 based | aux:pass |
| 20 | based | base | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 determined | conj |
| 21 | on | on | ADP | _ | 24 ties | case |
| 22 | traditional | traditional | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 ties | amod |
| 23 | customary | customary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 ties | compound |
| 24 | ties | tie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 based | obl |
| 25 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 26 opposed | mark |
| 26 | opposed | oppose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 ties | acl |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 30 links | case |
| 28 | actual | actual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 links | amod |
| 29 | biological | biological | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 links | amod |
| 30 | links | link | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 opposed | obl |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 determined | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | present · passive | Kinship | a child's lineage | to a particular spiritual leader | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | |||
| 2 | base | present · passive | a clan | traditional customary ties | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme on tie=Source | ||||
| 3 | oppose | participle | traditional customary ties not said here | to actual biological links | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=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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