Kathmandu, sentence 88
From Wikipedia, «Kathmandu», 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 kings of this period directly influenced or involved themselves in the construction of public buildings, squares, and temples, as well as the development of waterspouts, the institutionalisation of trusts (called guthis), the codification of laws, the writing of dramas, and the performance of plays in city squares.
Who acts: trusts · What happens: influence, involve, call, construct, develop, codify · To what, where: kings, states, construction, guthis, public buildings, waterspouts · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Kathmandu». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (trusts), 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 kings | det |
| 2 | kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 influenced | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 period | case |
| 4 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 period | det |
| 5 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 kings | nmod |
| 6 | directly | directly | ADV | _ | 7 influenced | advmod |
| 7 | influenced | influence | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 involved | cc |
| 9 | involved | involve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 influenced | conj |
| 10 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 9 involved | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 construction | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 construction | det |
| 13 | construction | construction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 involved | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 buildings | case |
| 15 | public | public | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 buildings | amod |
| 16 | buildings | building | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 construction | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 squares | punct |
| 18 | squares | square | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 buildings | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 temples | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 temples | cc |
| 21 | temples | temple | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 influenced | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 development | punct |
| 23 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=CCONJ | 27 development | cc |
| 24 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 23 as | fixed |
| 25 | as | as | ADP | _ | 23 as | fixed |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 development | det |
| 27 | development | development | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 influenced | parataxis |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 waterspouts | case |
| 29 | waterspouts | waterspout | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 development | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 institutionalisation | punct |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 institutionalisation | det |
| 32 | institutionalisation | institutionalisation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 development | conj |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 trusts | case |
| 34 | trusts | trust | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 institutionalisation | nmod |
| 35 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 36 called | punct |
| 36 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 trusts | acl |
| 37 | guthis | guthi | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 called | xcomp |
| 38 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 36 called | punct |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 codification | punct |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 codification | det |
| 41 | codification | codification | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 institutionalisation | conj |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 laws | case |
| 43 | laws | law | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 codification | nmod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 writing | punct |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 writing | det |
| 46 | writing | writing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 laws | conj |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 dramas | case |
| 48 | dramas | drama | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 writing | nmod |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 performance | punct |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 performance | cc |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 performance | det |
| 52 | performance | performance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 influenced | obl |
| 53 | of | of | ADP | _ | 54 plays | case |
| 54 | plays | play | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 performance | nmod |
| 55 | in | in | ADP | _ | 57 squares | case |
| 56 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 squares | compound |
| 57 | squares | square | NOUN | Number=Plur | 54 plays | nmod |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 influenced | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | influence | participle · passive | the kings of this period | temples obl; the performance of plays in city squares obl; the development of waterspouts and the institutionalisation of trusts and the codification of laws and the writing of dramas parataxis; directly property | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | involve | participle | states = state | in the construction of public buildings and squares goal | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme in construction=Goal | ||||
| 3 | call | participle | trusts not said here | guthis | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | construct | public buildings and squares | nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 5 | develop | waterspouts | nom development «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 6 | codify | laws and the writing of dramas | nom codification «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 7 | write | dramas | nom writing «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 8 | perform | plays in city squares | nom performance «communication transitive»: of=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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