Lisbon, sentence 116
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Architectural and patrimonial buildings were renovated, the northern margin of the Tagus was re-purposed for leisure and residential use, the Vasco da Gama Bridge was constructed and the eastern part of the municipality was re-purposed for Expo '98 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Vasco da Gama's sea voyage to India, which brought immense riches to Lisbon and led to the construction of many of Lisbon's landmarks.
Who acts: 500th anniversary, Vasco da Gama · What happens: renovate, re-purpos, construct, commemorate, bring, lead · To what, where: Architectural buildings, northern margin, Gama Bridge, eastern part, 500th anniversary, immense riches
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Lisbon». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (500th anniversary, Vasco da Gama), 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 | Architectural | architectural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 buildings | amod |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 patrimonial | cc |
| 3 | patrimonial | patrimonial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Architectural | conj |
| 4 | buildings | building | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 renovated | nsubj |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 renovated | aux:pass |
| 6 | renovated | renovate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 renovated | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 margin | det |
| 9 | northern | northern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 margin | amod |
| 10 | margin | margin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 re-purposed | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Tagus | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Tagus | det |
| 13 | Tagus | Tagus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 margin | nmod |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 re-purposed | aux:pass |
| 15 | re-purposed | re-purpos | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 renovated | parataxis |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 leisure | case |
| 17 | leisure | leisure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 re-purposed | obl |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 use | cc |
| 19 | residential | residential | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 use | amod |
| 20 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 leisure | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 constructed | punct |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 Bridge | det |
| 23 | Vasco | Vasco | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 Gama | compound |
| 24 | da | Da | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 Gama | compound |
| 25 | Gama | Gama | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 Bridge | compound |
| 26 | Bridge | Bridge | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 constructed | nsubj |
| 27 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 constructed | aux:pass |
| 28 | constructed | construct | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 renovated | parataxis |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 re-purposed | cc |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 part | det |
| 31 | eastern | eastern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 part | amod |
| 32 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 re-purposed | nsubj:pass |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 municipality | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 municipality | det |
| 35 | municipality | municipality | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 part | nmod |
| 36 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 re-purposed | aux:pass |
| 37 | re-purposed | re-purpos | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 constructed | conj |
| 38 | for | for | ADP | _ | 41 98 | case |
| 39 | Expo | Expo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 98 | nmod:poss |
| 40 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 39 Expo | case |
| 41 | 98 | 98 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 37 re-purposed | obl |
| 42 | to | to | PART | _ | 43 commemorate | mark |
| 43 | commemorate | commemorate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 re-purposed | advcl |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 anniversary | det |
| 45 | 500th | 500th | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 46 anniversary | amod |
| 46 | anniversary | anniversary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 commemorate | obj |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 voyage | case |
| 48 | Vasco | Vasco | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 Gama | compound |
| 49 | da | Da | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 Gama | compound |
| 50 | Gama | Gama | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 voyage | nmod:poss |
| 51 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 50 Gama | case |
| 52 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 voyage | compound |
| 53 | voyage | voyage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 anniversary | nmod |
| 54 | to | to | ADP | _ | 55 India | case |
| 55 | India | India | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 voyage | nmod |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 brought | punct |
| 57 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 58 brought | nsubj |
| 58 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 anniversary | acl:relcl |
| 59 | immense | immense | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 riches | amod |
| 60 | riches | rich | NOUN | Number=Plur | 58 brought | obj |
| 61 | to | to | ADP | _ | 62 Lisbon | case |
| 62 | Lisbon | Lisbon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 brought | obl |
| 63 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 64 led | cc |
| 64 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 58 brought | conj |
| 65 | to | to | ADP | _ | 67 construction | case |
| 66 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 67 construction | det |
| 67 | construction | construction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 led | obl |
| 68 | of | of | ADP | _ | 73 landmarks | case |
| 69 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 73 landmarks | amod |
| 70 | of | of | ADP | _ | 73 landmarks | case |
| 71 | Lisbon | Lisbon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 73 landmarks | nmod:poss |
| 72 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 71 Lisbon | case |
| 73 | landmarks | landmark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 67 construction | nmod |
| 74 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 renovated | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | renovate | past · passive | Architectural buildings | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | re-purpos | past · passive | the northern margin of the Tagus | for leisure and residential use | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | construct | past · passive | the Gama Bridge | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | |||||
| 4 | re-purpos | past · passive | the eastern part of the municipality | for Expo's 98 | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | commemorate | to-infinitive | the 500th anniversary of Vasco da Gama's sea voyage to India | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anniversary=Theme | |||||
| 6 | bring | past | the 500th anniversary of Vasco da Gama's sea voyage to India | immense riches | Lisbon | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent rich=Theme to lisbon=Destination | |||
| 7 | lead | past | the 500th anniversary of Vasco da Gama's sea voyage to India not said here | to the construction of Lisbon's many landmarks | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to construction=Patient | ||||
| 8 | voyage | Vasco da Gama | to India | nom voyage «act transitive»: poss=agent to=obl | |||||
| 9 | construct | Lisbon's many landmarks | nom construction «act 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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