Haiti, sentence 565
From Wikipedia, «Haiti», 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.
Vodou, a religion with West African roots similar to those of Cuba and Brazil, is formally practiced by 2.1% of the population; however, it is estimated that 50–80% of Haitians incorporate some elements of Vodou belief or practices into their religion, particularly with Catholicism.
What happens: practice, estimate, incorporate · To what, where: Vodou, Conference, elements
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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 | Vodou | Vodou | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 practiced | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 religion | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 religion | det |
| 4 | religion | religion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Vodou | appos |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 roots | case |
| 6 | West | West | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 roots | compound |
| 7 | African | African | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 roots | amod |
| 8 | roots | root | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 religion | nmod |
| 9 | similar | similar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 roots | amod |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 those | case |
| 11 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 9 similar | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Cuba | case |
| 13 | Cuba | Cuba | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 those | nmod |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 Brazil | cc |
| 15 | Brazil | Brazil | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Cuba | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Vodou | punct |
| 17 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 practiced | aux:pass |
| 18 | formally | formally | ADV | _ | 19 practiced | advmod |
| 19 | practiced | practice | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 20 | by | by | ADP | _ | 22 % | case |
| 21 | 2.1 | 2.1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 22 % | nummod |
| 22 | % | % | SYM | Number=Sing | 19 practiced | obl |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 population | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 population | det |
| 25 | population | population | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 % | nmod |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 31 estimated | punct |
| 27 | however | however | ADV | _ | 31 estimated | advmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 however | punct |
| 29 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 estimated | nsubj:pass |
| 30 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 estimated | aux:pass |
| 31 | estimated | estimate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 practiced | parataxis |
| 32 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 39 incorporate | mark |
| 33 | 50 | 50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 36 % | nummod |
| 34 | – | – | SYM | ExtPos=ADP | 35 80 | case |
| 35 | 80 | 80 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 33 50 | nmod |
| 36 | % | % | SYM | Number=Sing | 39 incorporate | nsubj |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 Haitians | case |
| 38 | Haitians | haitian | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 % | nmod |
| 39 | incorporate | incorporate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 estimated | advcl |
| 40 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 41 elements | det |
| 41 | elements | element | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 incorporate | obj |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 belief | case |
| 43 | Vodou | Vodou | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 belief | compound |
| 44 | belief | belief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 elements | nmod |
| 45 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 46 practices | cc |
| 46 | practices | practice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 belief | conj |
| 47 | into | into | ADP | _ | 49 religion | case |
| 48 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 religion | nmod:poss |
| 49 | religion | religion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 incorporate | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 Catholicism | punct |
| 51 | particularly | particularly | ADV | _ | 53 Catholicism | advmod |
| 52 | with | with | ADP | _ | 53 Catholicism | case |
| 53 | Catholicism | Catholicism | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 practiced | obl |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 practiced | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | practice | present · passive | Vodou | with Catholicism; formally property | vn rehearse-26.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | estimate | present · passive | Conference | however property | vn estimate-34.2-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value | ||||
| 3 | incorporate | present | some elements of Vodou belief or practices | into practices's religion | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent element=Patient into religion=Co-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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