Kinshasa, sentence 483
From Wikipedia, «Kinshasa», 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.
This led to the acclaimed Congotronics album series, which introduced international audiences to bands like Konono Nº1, Kasai Allstars, Staff Benda Bilili, and Mbongwana Star, who performed using handmade instruments and rudimentary amplification.
Who acts: This, acclaimed album series, Mbongwana Star · What happens: lead, acclaim, introduce, perform, use · To what, where: Congotronics, international audiences, handmade instruments
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Kinshasa». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (This, acclaimed album series, Mbongwana Star), 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 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 led | nsubj |
| 2 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 series | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 series | det |
| 5 | acclaimed | acclaim | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 series | amod |
| 6 | Congotronics | congotronic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 acclaimed | obj |
| 7 | album | album | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 series | compound |
| 8 | series | series | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 led | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 introduced | punct |
| 10 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 introduced | nsubj |
| 11 | introduced | introduce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 series | acl:relcl |
| 12 | international | international | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 audiences | amod |
| 13 | audiences | audience | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 introduced | obj |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 bands | case |
| 15 | bands | band | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 introduced | obl |
| 16 | like | like | ADP | _ | 17 Konono | case |
| 17 | Konono | Konono | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 bands | nmod |
| 18 | Nº1 | Nº1 | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Konono | flat |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 Allstars | punct |
| 20 | Kasai | Kasai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Allstars | compound |
| 21 | Allstars | Allstar | PROPN | Number=Plur | 17 Konono | conj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 Benda | punct |
| 23 | Staff | Staff | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Benda | compound |
| 24 | Benda | Benda | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Konono | conj |
| 25 | Bilili | Bilili | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Benda | flat |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 performed | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 performed | cc |
| 28 | Mbongwana | Mbongwana | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 Star | compound |
| 29 | Star | Star | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 performed | nsubj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 performed | punct |
| 31 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 32 performed | nsubj |
| 32 | performed | perform | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 led | conj |
| 33 | using | use | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 32 performed | advcl |
| 34 | handmade | handmade | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 instruments | amod |
| 35 | instruments | instrument | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 using | obj |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 amplification | cc |
| 37 | rudimentary | rudimentary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 amplification | amod |
| 38 | amplification | amplification | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 instruments | conj |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 led | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lead | past | This | to the acclaimed album series | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to series=Patient | ||||
| 2 | acclaim | participle | Congotronics | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent congotronic=Theme | |||||
| 3 | introduce | past | the acclaimed album series | international audiences | to bands like Konono and Kasai Allstars and Staff Benda | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent audience=Patient to band=Co-Patient | |||
| 4 | perform | past | Mbongwana Star | who nsubj | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | use | gerund | Mbongwana Star not said here | handmade instruments and rudimentary amplification | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instrument=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.
Text: the English Wikipedia, «Kinshasa», revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, CC BY-SA 4.0. Tree: Mova's own parse, CC BY-SA 4.0 as the text is. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the article read in order, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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