Jordan, sentence 28
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While several theories for the origin of the river's name have been proposed (such as relation to the Egyptian loanword 'yǝʾor'; 'big river', the Nile), it is most plausible that it derives from the Semitic word 'Yarad' (ירד; 'flow down' or 'descend"), referring to the river's declivity and with cognates found in Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew, Mandaic, etc.
Who acts: name, river · What happens: propose, be, derive, flow down, refer, find · To what, where: several theories, Semitic word, cognates, Arabic, etc.
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Jordan». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (name, river), 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 | While | while | SCONJ | _ | 14 proposed | mark |
| 2 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 theories | amod |
| 3 | theories | theory | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 proposed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 origin | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 origin | det |
| 6 | origin | origin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 theories | nmod |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 name | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 river | det |
| 9 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 name | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 river | case |
| 11 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 origin | nmod |
| 12 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 proposed | aux |
| 13 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 14 proposed | aux:pass |
| 14 | proposed | propose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 81 etc. | advcl |
| 15 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 18 relation | punct |
| 16 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 18 relation | case |
| 17 | as | as | ADP | _ | 16 such | fixed |
| 18 | relation | relation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 proposed | obl |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 loanword | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 loanword | det |
| 21 | Egyptian | Egyptian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 loanword | amod |
| 22 | loanword | loanword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 relation | nmod |
| 23 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 24 yǝʾor | punct |
| 24 | yǝʾor | yǝʾor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 loanword | appos |
| 25 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 24 yǝʾor | punct |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 river | punct |
| 27 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 29 river | punct |
| 28 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 river | amod |
| 29 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 proposed | obl |
| 30 | ', | ', | PUNCT | _ | 29 river | punct |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 Nile | det |
| 32 | Nile | Nile | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 river | appos |
| 33 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 32 Nile | punct |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 plausible | punct |
| 35 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 plausible | nsubj |
| 36 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 plausible | cop |
| 37 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 38 plausible | advmod |
| 38 | plausible | plausible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 proposed | conj |
| 39 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 41 derives | mark |
| 40 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 derives | nsubj |
| 41 | derives | derive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 plausible | advcl |
| 42 | from | from | ADP | _ | 45 word | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 word | det |
| 44 | Semitic | Semitic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 word | compound |
| 45 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 derives | obl |
| 46 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 47 Yarad | punct |
| 47 | Yarad | Yarad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 word | appos |
| 48 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 47 Yarad | punct |
| 49 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 50 ירד | punct |
| 50 | ירד | ירד | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 Yarad | appos |
| 51 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 53 flow | punct |
| 52 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 53 flow | punct |
| 53 | flow | flow | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 14 proposed | parataxis |
| 54 | down | down | ADP | _ | 53 flow | compound:prt |
| 55 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 53 flow | punct |
| 56 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 58 descend | cc |
| 57 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 58 descend | punct |
| 58 | descend | descend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 proposed | conj |
| 59 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 58 descend | punct |
| 60 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 58 descend | punct |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 referring | punct |
| 62 | referring | refer | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 proposed | advcl |
| 63 | to | to | ADP | _ | 67 declivity | case |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 river | det |
| 65 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 declivity | nmod:poss |
| 66 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 65 river | case |
| 67 | declivity | declivity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 referring | obl |
| 68 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 70 cognates | cc |
| 69 | with | with | ADP | _ | 70 cognates | case |
| 70 | cognates | cognate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 67 declivity | conj |
| 71 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 70 cognates | acl |
| 72 | in | in | ADP | _ | 73 Arabic | case |
| 73 | Arabic | Arabic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 71 found | obl |
| 74 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 75 Aramaic | punct |
| 75 | Aramaic | Aramaic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 73 Arabic | conj |
| 76 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 77 Hebrew | punct |
| 77 | Hebrew | Hebrew | PROPN | Number=Sing | 73 Arabic | conj |
| 78 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 79 Mandaic | punct |
| 79 | Mandaic | Mandaic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 73 Arabic | conj |
| 80 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 proposed | punct |
| 81 | etc. | etc. | NOUN | Abbr=Yes Number=Plur | root | root |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | propose | present · perfect · passive | several theories for the origin of the river's name | such relation to the Egyptian loanword; big river obl; descend conj | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | name | plausible property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | derive | present | name | the Semitic word | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from word=Material | ||||
| 4 | flow down | infinitive | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 5 | refer in a quote | gerund | to the river's declivity and cognates | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to declivity=Co-Theme | |||||
| 6 | find in a quote | participle | cognates not said here | Arabic and Aramaic and Hebrew and Mandaic | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | name | the river | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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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