Kingdom of the Netherlands, sentence 7
From Wikipedia, «Kingdom of the Netherlands», 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 great powers of Europe, united against Napoleonic France, had decided in the secret treaty of the London Protocol to establish a single state in the territories that were previously the Dutch Republic/Batavian Republic/Kingdom of Holland, the Austrian Netherlands and the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, awarding rule over this to William Frederick, Prince of Orange and Nassau, the son of William V, the last stadholder of the Dutch Republic.
Who acts: that · What happens: decide, establish, be, award · To what, where: secret treaty, single state, territories, Dutch Republic/Batavian Republic/Kingdom, great powers
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Kingdom of the Netherlands». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (that), 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 | 3 powers | det |
| 2 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 powers | amod |
| 3 | powers | power | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Europe | case |
| 5 | Europe | Europe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 powers | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 united | punct |
| 7 | united | united | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 powers | appos |
| 8 | against | against | ADP | _ | 10 France | case |
| 9 | Napoleonic | Napoleonic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 France | compound |
| 10 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 united | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 decided | punct |
| 12 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 decided | aux |
| 13 | decided | decide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 powers | parataxis |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 treaty | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 treaty | det |
| 16 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 treaty | amod |
| 17 | treaty | treaty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 decided | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 Protocol | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Protocol | det |
| 20 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Protocol | compound |
| 21 | Protocol | Protocol | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 treaty | nmod |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 establish | mark |
| 23 | establish | establish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 decided | advcl |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 state | det |
| 25 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 state | amod |
| 26 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 establish | obj |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 territories | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 territories | det |
| 29 | territories | territory | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 establish | obl |
| 30 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 Republic/Kingdom | nsubj |
| 31 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 Republic/Kingdom | cop |
| 32 | previously | previously | ADV | _ | 36 Republic/Kingdom | advmod |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 Republic/Kingdom | det |
| 34 | Dutch | dutch | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 Republic/Kingdom | amod |
| 35 | Republic/Batavian | Republic/Batavian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 Republic/Kingdom | compound |
| 36 | Republic/Kingdom | Republic/Kingdom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 territories | nmod |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 Holland | case |
| 38 | Holland | Holland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 Republic/Kingdom | nmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 Netherlands | punct |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 Netherlands | det |
| 41 | Austrian | austrian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 Netherlands | amod |
| 42 | Netherlands | Netherlands | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 Republic/Kingdom | nmod:unmarked |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 Bishopric | cc |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 Bishopric | det |
| 45 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 Bishopric | nmod:desc |
| 46 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 47 Bishopric | punct |
| 47 | Bishopric | Bishopric | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 Republic/Kingdom | conj |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 Liège | case |
| 49 | Liège | Liège | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 Bishopric | nmod |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 rule | punct |
| 51 | awarding | award | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 52 rule | amod |
| 52 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 Republic/Kingdom | appos |
| 53 | over | over | ADP | _ | 54 this | case |
| 54 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 52 rule | nmod |
| 55 | to | to | ADP | _ | 56 William | case |
| 56 | William | William | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 rule | nmod |
| 57 | Frederick | Frederick | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 William | flat |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 Prince | punct |
| 59 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 Republic/Kingdom | appos |
| 60 | of | of | ADP | _ | 61 Orange | case |
| 61 | Orange | Orange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 Prince | nmod |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 Nassau | cc |
| 63 | Nassau | Nassau | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 Republic/Kingdom | conj |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 son | punct |
| 65 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 son | det |
| 66 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 Republic/Kingdom | appos |
| 67 | of | of | ADP | _ | 68 William | case |
| 68 | William | William | PROPN | Number=Sing | 66 son | nmod |
| 69 | V | V | PROPN | Number=Sing | 68 William | flat |
| 70 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 73 stadholder | punct |
| 71 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 73 stadholder | det |
| 72 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 73 stadholder | amod |
| 73 | stadholder | stadholder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 Republic/Kingdom | appos |
| 74 | of | of | ADP | _ | 77 Republic | case |
| 75 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 77 Republic | det |
| 76 | Dutch | dutch | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 77 Republic | amod |
| 77 | Republic | Republic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 73 stadholder | nmod |
| 78 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 powers | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decide | past · perfect | the secret treaty of the London Protocol | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | establish | to-infinitive | a single state | the territories | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent state=Patient | ||||
| 3 | is a | past | that | the Dutch Republic/Batavian Republic/Kingdom and the Bishopric Prince of Liège and Nassau | of Holland; the Austrian Netherlands nmod:unmarked; the Bishopric Prince of Liège conj; awarding rule over this to William appos; Prince of Orange appos; Nassau conj; the son of William appos; the last stadholder of the Dutch Republic appos; previously property | tree rules | |||
| 4 | award | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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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