Guyana, sentence 35
From Wikipedia, «Guyana», 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.
After France invaded the Dutch Republic (1795), the British assumed control in 1796, with the Dutch and British signing the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814 in London that ceded Demerara-Essequibo and Berbice to Britain.
Who acts: France, Dutch Treaty · What happens: invade, assume, sign, cede · To what, where: Dutch Republic, Dutch Treaty, London, Demerara, Britain
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Guyana». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (France, Dutch Treaty), 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 | After | after | SCONJ | _ | 3 invaded | mark |
| 2 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 invaded | nsubj |
| 3 | invaded | invade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Republic | det |
| 5 | Dutch | dutch | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Republic | amod |
| 6 | Republic | Republic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 invaded | obj |
| 7 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 8 1795 | punct |
| 8 | 1795 | 1795 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 Republic | appos |
| 9 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 8 1795 | punct |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 control | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 control | det |
| 12 | British | British | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 control | amod |
| 13 | assumed | assume | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 control | amod |
| 14 | control | control | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Republic | appos |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 1796 | case |
| 16 | 1796 | 1796 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 14 control | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 Dutch | punct |
| 18 | with | with | ADP | _ | 20 Dutch | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Dutch | det |
| 20 | Dutch | dutch | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 invaded | parataxis |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 British | cc |
| 22 | British | British | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 Dutch | conj |
| 23 | signing | sign | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 20 Dutch | advcl |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 Treaty | det |
| 25 | Anglo | Anglo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 Dutch | compound |
| 26 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 25 Anglo | punct |
| 27 | Dutch | Dutch | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 Treaty | compound |
| 28 | Treaty | Treaty | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 signing | obj |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 1814 | case |
| 30 | 1814 | 1814 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 28 Treaty | nmod |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 London | case |
| 32 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 Treaty | nmod |
| 33 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 34 ceded | nsubj |
| 34 | ceded | cede | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 Treaty | acl:relcl |
| 35 | Demerara | Demerara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 ceded | obj |
| 36 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 37 Essequibo | punct |
| 37 | Essequibo | Essequibo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Demerara | flat |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 Berbice | cc |
| 39 | Berbice | Berbice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Demerara | conj |
| 40 | to | to | ADP | _ | 41 Britain | case |
| 41 | Britain | Britain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 ceded | obl |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 invaded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invade | past | France | the Dutch Republic | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | assume | participle | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | sign | gerund | France not said here | the Dutch Treaty of 1814 | London | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent treaty=Theme in london=Destination | |||
| 4 | cede | past | the Dutch Treaty of 1814 | Demerara and Berbice | Britain | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent demerara=Theme to britain=Goal |
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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