Lesotho, sentence 79
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Moeketsi Majoro, the economist and former Minister of Development Planning, was elected as Thabane's successor.
What happens: elect · To what, where: Moeketsi
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moeketsi | Moeketsi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 elected | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | Majoro | Majoro | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Moeketsi | flat |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 economist | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 economist | det |
| 5 | economist | economist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Moeketsi | appos |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 Minister | cc |
| 7 | former | former | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 Minister | amod |
| 8 | Minister | Minister | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 economist | conj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Planning | case |
| 10 | Development | Development | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Planning | compound |
| 11 | Planning | Planning | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Minister | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Moeketsi | punct |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 elected | aux:pass |
| 14 | elected | elect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 15 | as | as | ADP | _ | 18 successor | case |
| 16 | Thabane | Thabane | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 successor | nmod:poss |
| 17 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 16 Thabane | case |
| 18 | successor | successor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 elected | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 elected | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | elect | past · passive | Moeketsi | as Thabane's successor | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as successor=Attribute |
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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