Greece, sentence 109
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However, prior to the Greek Revolution of 1821, there had been wars which saw Greeks fight against the Ottomans, such as the Greek participation in the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, the Morean War of 1684–1699, and the Russian-instigated Orlov revolt in 1770.
Who acts: Greek Revolution, wars, Greeks · What happens: be, see, fight, instigate · To what, where: wars · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Greece». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Greek Revolution, wars, Greeks), 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 | However | however | ADV | _ | 14 wars | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 However | punct |
| 3 | prior | prior | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 7 Revolution | case |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 3 prior | fixed |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Revolution | det |
| 6 | Greek | Greek | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Revolution | compound |
| 7 | Revolution | Revolution | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 wars | nsubj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 1821 | case |
| 9 | 1821 | 1821 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 Revolution | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Revolution | punct |
| 11 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 7 Revolution | expl |
| 12 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 wars | aux |
| 13 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 14 wars | cop |
| 14 | wars | war | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 15 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 saw | nsubj |
| 16 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 wars | acl:relcl |
| 17 | Greeks | Greek | PROPN | Number=Plur | 18 fight | nsubj |
| 18 | fight | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 saw | ccomp |
| 19 | against | against | ADP | _ | 21 Ottomans | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Ottomans | det |
| 21 | Ottomans | Ottoman | PROPN | Number=Plur | 18 fight | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 participation | punct |
| 23 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 27 participation | case |
| 24 | as | as | ADP | _ | 23 such | fixed |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 participation | det |
| 26 | Greek | Greek | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 participation | amod |
| 27 | participation | participation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 Ottomans | conj |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 Battle | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 Battle | det |
| 30 | Battle | Battle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 participation | nmod |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 Lepanto | case |
| 32 | Lepanto | Lepanto | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 Battle | nmod |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 1571 | case |
| 34 | 1571 | 1571 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 27 participation | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 War | punct |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 War | det |
| 37 | Morean | Morean | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 War | compound |
| 38 | War | War | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 participation | nmod |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 1684 | case |
| 40 | 1684 | 1684 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 38 War | nmod |
| 41 | – | – | SYM | ExtPos=ADP | 42 1699 | case |
| 42 | 1699 | 1699 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 40 1684 | nmod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 revolt | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 revolt | cc |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 revolt | det |
| 46 | Russian | Russian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 instigated | compound |
| 47 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 46 Russian | punct |
| 48 | instigated | instigate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 50 revolt | amod |
| 49 | Orlov | Orlov | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 revolt | compound |
| 50 | revolt | revolt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 wars | conj |
| 51 | in | in | ADP | _ | 52 1770 | case |
| 52 | 1770 | 1770 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 50 revolt | nmod |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 wars | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past · perfect | the Greek Revolution of 1821 there | wars and the instigated Orlov revolt in 1770 | the instigated Orlov revolt in 1770 conj; however property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | see | past | wars and the instigated Orlov revolt in 1770 | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | fight | present | Greeks | against the Ottomans and the Greek participation in the Battle of Lepanto in 1571 the Morean War of 1684 – 1699 | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | instigate | participle | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition |
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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