Malaysia, sentence 157
From Wikipedia, «Malaysia», 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 13 states are based on historical Malay kingdoms, and 9 of the 11 Peninsular states, known as the Malay states, retain their royal families.
What happens: base, know, retain · To what, where: 13 states, historical Malay kingdoms, 11 Peninsular states, royal families
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Malaysia». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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 states | det |
| 2 | 13 | 13 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 states | nummod |
| 3 | states | state | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 based | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 based | aux:pass |
| 5 | based | base | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 kingdoms | case |
| 7 | historical | historical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 kingdoms | amod |
| 8 | Malay | malay | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 kingdoms | amod |
| 9 | kingdoms | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 based | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 9 | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 9 | cc |
| 12 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 kingdoms | conj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 states | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 states | det |
| 15 | 11 | 11 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 17 states | nummod |
| 16 | Peninsular | Peninsular | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 states | compound |
| 17 | states | state | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 9 | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 known | punct |
| 19 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 states | acl |
| 20 | as | as | ADP | _ | 23 states | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 states | det |
| 22 | Malay | Malay | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 states | compound |
| 23 | states | state | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 known | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 retain | punct |
| 25 | retain | retain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 9 | conj |
| 26 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 families | nmod:poss |
| 27 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 families | amod |
| 28 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 retain | obj |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 based | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | base | present · passive | the 13 states | historical Malay kingdoms | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme on kingdom=Source | ||||
| 2 | know | participle | the 11 Peninsular states not said here | as the Malay states | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as state=Attribute | ||||
| 3 | retain | present | states's royal families | tree rules |
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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