Israel, sentence 188
From Wikipedia, «Israel», 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.
Since 1964 Arab countries, concerned over Israeli plans to divert waters of the Jordan River into the coastal plain, had been trying to divert the headwaters to deprive Israel of water resources, provoking tensions between Israel on the one hand, and Syria and Lebanon on the other.
What happens: divert, try, deprive, provoke · To what, where: waters, coastal plain, Syria, headwaters, Israel, tensions
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Israel». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Since | since | ADP | _ | 4 countries | case |
| 2 | 1964 | 1964 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 countries | nummod |
| 3 | Arab | Arab | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 countries | amod |
| 4 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 trying | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 concerned | punct |
| 6 | concerned | concerned | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 countries | amod |
| 7 | over | over | ADP | _ | 9 plans | case |
| 8 | Israeli | Israeli | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 plans | amod |
| 9 | plans | plan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 concerned | obl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 divert | mark |
| 11 | divert | divert | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 plans | acl |
| 12 | waters | water | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 divert | obj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 River | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 River | det |
| 15 | Jordan | Jordan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 River | compound |
| 16 | River | River | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 waters | nmod |
| 17 | into | into | ADP | _ | 20 plain | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 plain | det |
| 19 | coastal | coastal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 plain | amod |
| 20 | plain | plain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 divert | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 countries | punct |
| 22 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 trying | aux |
| 23 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 24 trying | aux |
| 24 | trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 divert | mark |
| 26 | divert | divert | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 trying | xcomp |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 headwaters | det |
| 28 | headwaters | headwater | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 divert | obj |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 deprive | mark |
| 30 | deprive | deprive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 divert | advcl |
| 31 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 deprive | obj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 resources | case |
| 33 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 resources | compound |
| 34 | resources | resource | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 Israel | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 provoking | punct |
| 36 | provoking | provoke | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 24 trying | parataxis |
| 37 | tensions | tension | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 provoking | obj |
| 38 | between | between | ADP | _ | 39 Israel | case |
| 39 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 tensions | nmod |
| 40 | on | on | ADP | _ | 43 hand | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 hand | det |
| 42 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 43 hand | nummod |
| 43 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 provoking | obl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 Syria | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 Syria | cc |
| 46 | Syria | Syria | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 trying | obl |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 Lebanon | cc |
| 48 | Lebanon | Lebanon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 Syria | conj |
| 49 | on | on | ADP | _ | 51 other | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 other | det |
| 51 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 Lebanon | nmod |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 24 trying | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | divert | to-infinitive | waters of the Jordan River | the coastal plain | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus water=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | try | past · perfect · progressive | Syria and Lebanon on the other | since 1964 Arab countries | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | divert not said to happen | to-infinitive | the headwaters | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus headwater=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | deprive | to-infinitive | Israel of water resources | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent israel=Source | |||||
| 5 | provoke | gerund | tensions | the one hand | between Israel | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tension=Experiencer |
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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