Iceland, sentence 522
From Wikipedia, «Iceland», 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.
Kjarval, in particular, is noted for the distinct techniques in the application of paint that he developed in a concerted effort to render the characteristic volcanic rock that dominates the Icelandic environment.
Who acts: application, characteristic volcanic rock, paint · What happens: note, develop, render, dominate, apply · To what, where: Kjarval, concerted effort, characteristic volcanic rock, Icelandic environment
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Iceland». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (application, characteristic volcanic rock, paint), 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 | Kjarval | Kjarval | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 noted | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kjarval | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 particular | case |
| 4 | particular | particular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Kjarval | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kjarval | punct |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 noted | aux:pass |
| 7 | noted | note | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 techniques | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 techniques | det |
| 10 | distinct | distinct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 techniques | amod |
| 11 | techniques | technique | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 noted | obl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 application | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 application | det |
| 14 | application | application | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 techniques | nmod |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 paint | case |
| 16 | paint | paint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 application | nmod |
| 17 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 developed | nsubj |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 developed | nsubj |
| 19 | developed | develop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 application | acl:relcl |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 effort | case |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 effort | det |
| 22 | concerted | concerted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 effort | amod |
| 23 | effort | effort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 developed | obl |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 render | mark |
| 25 | render | render | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 developed | advcl |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 rock | det |
| 27 | characteristic | characteristic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 rock | amod |
| 28 | volcanic | volcanic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 rock | amod |
| 29 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 render | obj |
| 30 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 31 dominates | nsubj |
| 31 | dominates | dominate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 rock | acl:relcl |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 environment | det |
| 33 | Icelandic | icelandic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 environment | amod |
| 34 | environment | environment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 dominates | obj |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 noted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | note | present · passive | Kjarval in particular | for the distinct techniques in the application of paint | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 2 | develop | past | the application of paint | a concerted effort | Kjarval nsubj | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in effort=Location | |||
| 3 | render | to-infinitive | the application of paint not said here | the characteristic volcanic rock | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Theme | ||||
| 4 | dominate | present | the characteristic volcanic rock | the Icelandic environment | vn contiguous_location-47.8-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme environment=Co-Theme | ||||
| 5 | apply | paint | nom application «act intransitive»: of=agent |
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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