Jerusalem, sentence 30
From Wikipedia, «Jerusalem», 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.
The name Jerusalem is variously etymologised to mean 'foundation of the god Shalem', from the Semitic root yry which can mean 'to found, to lay a cornerstone' and is used that way at least twice in the Hebrew Bible, in Job and Genesis.
Who acts: Semitic root yry · What happens: etymologis, mean, found, lay, use · To what, where: name, foundation, cornerstone, way, Hebrew Bible · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Semitic root yry), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 name | det |
| 2 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 etymologised | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | Jerusalem | Jerusalem | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 name | appos |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 etymologised | aux:pass |
| 5 | variously | variously | ADV | _ | 6 etymologised | advmod |
| 6 | etymologised | etymologis | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 mean | mark |
| 8 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 etymologised | xcomp |
| 9 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 10 foundation | punct |
| 10 | foundation | foundation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 mean | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 god | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 god | det |
| 13 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 foundation | nmod |
| 14 | Shalem | Shalem | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 god | appos |
| 15 | ', | ', | PUNCT | _ | 14 Shalem | punct |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 20 yry | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 yry | det |
| 18 | Semitic | semitic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 yry | amod |
| 19 | root | root | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 yry | compound |
| 20 | yry | yry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 god | nmod |
| 21 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 mean | nsubj |
| 22 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 23 mean | aux |
| 23 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 yry | parataxis |
| 24 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 26 found | punct |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 found | mark |
| 26 | found | found | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 mean | ccomp |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 lay | punct |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 lay | mark |
| 29 | lay | lay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 found | conj |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 cornerstone | det |
| 31 | cornerstone | cornerstone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 lay | obj |
| 32 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 31 cornerstone | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 used | cc |
| 34 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 used | aux:pass |
| 35 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 found | conj |
| 36 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 37 way | det |
| 37 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 used | obj |
| 38 | at | at | ADP | _ | 39 least | case |
| 39 | least | least | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 40 twice | obl |
| 40 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 35 used | advmod |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 Bible | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 Bible | det |
| 43 | Hebrew | Hebrew | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 Bible | compound |
| 44 | Bible | Bible | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 used | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 Job | punct |
| 46 | in | in | ADP | _ | 47 Job | case |
| 47 | Job | Job | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 Bible | conj |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 Genesis | cc |
| 49 | Genesis | Genesis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 Bible | conj |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 etymologised | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | etymologis | present · passive | the name | variously property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | mean | to-infinitive | foundation of the god from the Semitic root yry | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foundation=Topic | |||||
| 3 | mean | can | the Semitic root yry | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | found not said to happen | to-infinitive | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | lay | to-infinitive | a cornerstone | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cornerstone=Result | |||||
| 6 | use | present · passive | that way | the Hebrew Bible and Job and Genesis | twice property | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: way=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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