Jerusalem, sentence 130
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On 5 December 1949 Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, proclaimed Jerusalem as Israel's "eternal" and "sacred" capital, and eight days later specified that only the war had "compelled" the Israeli leadership "to establish the seat of Government in Tel Aviv", while "for the State of Israel there has always been and always will be one capital only—Jerusalem the Eternal", and that after the war, efforts had been ongoing for creating the conditions for "the Knesset... returning to Jerusalem."
Who acts: State, efforts, Jerusalem · What happens: proclaim, specify, compel, establish, be, create · To what, where: Jerusalem, Israeli leadership, war, seat, Tel, one capital
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Jerusalem». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (State, efforts, Jerusalem), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 December | case |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 December | nummod |
| 3 | December | December | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 proclaimed | obl |
| 4 | 1949 | 1949 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 December | flat |
| 5 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 minister | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Israel | case |
| 7 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 minister | amod |
| 8 | prime | prime | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 minister | amod |
| 9 | minister | minister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 1949 | appos |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 David | punct |
| 11 | David | David | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 December | conj |
| 12 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 David | flat |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 Gurion | punct |
| 14 | Gurion | Gurion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 David | flat |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 December | punct |
| 16 | proclaimed | proclaim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | Jerusalem | Jerusalem | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 proclaimed | obj |
| 18 | as | as | ADP | _ | 22 eternal | case |
| 19 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 eternal | nmod:poss |
| 20 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 19 Israel | case |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 eternal | punct |
| 22 | eternal | eternal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 proclaimed | obl |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 eternal | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 capital | cc |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 sacred | punct |
| 26 | sacred | sacred | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 capital | amod |
| 27 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 sacred | punct |
| 28 | capital | capital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 eternal | conj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 specified | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 specified | cc |
| 31 | eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 32 days | nummod |
| 32 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 later | obl:unmarked |
| 33 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 34 specified | advmod |
| 34 | specified | specify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 proclaimed | conj |
| 35 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 41 compelled | mark |
| 36 | only | only | ADV | _ | 38 war | advmod |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 war | det |
| 38 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 compelled | obl |
| 39 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 compelled | aux |
| 40 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 41 compelled | punct |
| 41 | compelled | compel | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 45 leadership | advcl |
| 42 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 41 compelled | punct |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 leadership | det |
| 44 | Israeli | Israeli | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 leadership | amod |
| 45 | leadership | leadership | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 specified | obj |
| 46 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 45 leadership | punct |
| 47 | to | to | PART | _ | 48 establish | mark |
| 48 | establish | establish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 specified | advcl |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 seat | det |
| 50 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 establish | obj |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 Government | case |
| 52 | Government | Government | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 seat | nmod |
| 53 | in | in | ADP | _ | 54 Tel | case |
| 54 | Tel | Tel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 seat | nmod |
| 55 | Aviv | Aviv | PROPN | Number=Sing | 54 Tel | flat |
| 56 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 specified | punct |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 74 capital | punct |
| 58 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 74 capital | mark |
| 59 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 62 State | punct |
| 60 | for | for | ADP | _ | 62 State | case |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 State | det |
| 62 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 74 capital | nsubj |
| 63 | of | of | ADP | _ | 64 Israel | case |
| 64 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 62 State | nmod |
| 65 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 68 been | expl |
| 66 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 68 been | aux |
| 67 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 68 been | advmod |
| 68 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 74 capital | cop |
| 69 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 74 capital | cc |
| 70 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 74 capital | advmod |
| 71 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 74 capital | aux |
| 72 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 74 capital | cop |
| 73 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 74 capital | nummod |
| 74 | capital | capital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 specified | obl |
| 75 | only | only | ADV | _ | 74 capital | advmod |
| 76 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 77 Jerusalem | punct |
| 77 | Jerusalem | Jerusalem | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 proclaimed | parataxis |
| 78 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 79 Eternal | det |
| 79 | Eternal | Eternal | PROPN | Number=Sing | 77 Jerusalem | conj |
| 80 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 79 Eternal | punct |
| 81 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 91 ongoing | punct |
| 82 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 91 ongoing | cc |
| 83 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 91 ongoing | mark |
| 84 | after | after | ADP | _ | 86 war | case |
| 85 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 86 war | det |
| 86 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 91 ongoing | obl |
| 87 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 86 war | punct |
| 88 | efforts | effort | NOUN | Number=Plur | 91 ongoing | nsubj |
| 89 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 91 ongoing | aux |
| 90 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 91 ongoing | cop |
| 91 | ongoing | ongoing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 77 Jerusalem | parataxis |
| 92 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 93 creating | mark |
| 93 | creating | create | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 91 ongoing | advcl |
| 94 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 95 conditions | det |
| 95 | conditions | condition | NOUN | Number=Plur | 93 creating | obj |
| 96 | for | for | ADP | _ | 99 Knesset | case |
| 97 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 99 Knesset | punct |
| 98 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 99 Knesset | det |
| 99 | Knesset | knesset | NOUN | Number=Sing | 93 creating | obl |
| 100 | ... | ... | PUNCT | _ | 101 returning | punct |
| 101 | returning | return | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 77 Jerusalem | acl |
| 102 | to | to | ADP | _ | 103 Jerusalem | case |
| 103 | Jerusalem | Jerusalem | PROPN | Number=Sing | 101 returning | obl |
| 104 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 101 returning | punct |
| 105 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 101 returning | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | proclaim | past | Jerusalem | december | as Israel's eternal and sacred capital | tree rules | |||
| 2 | specify | past | the Israeli leadership | late property | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent leadership=Theme | ||||
| 3 | compel in a quote | past · perfect | the war | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | establish in a quote | to-infinitive | the seat of Government | Tel | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seat=Patient | ||||
| 5 | is a in a quote | future · participle | the State of Israel | one capital | always property | tree rules | |||
| 6 | is | past · perfect | efforts | after the war | ongoing property | tree rules | |||
| 7 | create | gerund | efforts not said here | the conditions | for the Knesset | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent condition=Result for knesset=Beneficiary | |||
| 8 | return in a quote | gerund | Jerusalem and the Eternal not said here | Jerusalem | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to jerusalem=Result |
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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