Maldives, sentence 61
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Comparative studies of Maldivian oral, linguistic, and cultural traditions confirm that the first settlers were people from the southern shores of the neighbouring Indian subcontinent, including the Giraavaru people, mentioned in ancient legends and local folklore about the establishment of the capital and kingly rule in Malé.
Who acts: Comparative studies, first settlers · What happens: confirm, be, neighbour, mention, study, establish · To what, where: people, southern shores, Giraavaru people, ancient legends, Maldivian oral, capital
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Maldives». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Comparative studies, first settlers), 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 | Comparative | comparative | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 studies | amod |
| 2 | studies | study | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 confirm | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 oral | case |
| 4 | Maldivian | maldivian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 oral | amod |
| 5 | oral | oral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 studies | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 linguistic | punct |
| 7 | linguistic | linguistic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 oral | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 confirm | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 confirm | cc |
| 10 | cultural | cultural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 traditions | amod |
| 11 | traditions | tradition | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 confirm | nsubj |
| 12 | confirm | confirm | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 18 people | mark |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 settlers | det |
| 15 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 16 settlers | amod |
| 16 | settlers | settler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 people | nsubj |
| 17 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 people | cop |
| 18 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 confirm | ccomp |
| 19 | from | from | ADP | _ | 22 shores | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 shores | det |
| 21 | southern | southern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 shores | amod |
| 22 | shores | shore | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 people | nmod |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 subcontinent | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 subcontinent | det |
| 25 | neighbouring | neighbour | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 27 subcontinent | amod |
| 26 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 subcontinent | amod |
| 27 | subcontinent | subcontinent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 shores | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 people | punct |
| 29 | including | including | ADP | _ | 32 people | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 people | det |
| 31 | Giraavaru | Giraavaru | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 people | compound |
| 32 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 subcontinent | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 mentioned | punct |
| 34 | mentioned | mention | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 people | acl |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 37 legends | case |
| 36 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 legends | amod |
| 37 | legends | legend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 mentioned | obl |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 folklore | cc |
| 39 | local | local | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 folklore | amod |
| 40 | folklore | folklore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 legends | conj |
| 41 | about | about | ADP | _ | 43 establishment | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 establishment | det |
| 43 | establishment | establishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 folklore | nmod |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 capital | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 capital | det |
| 46 | capital | capital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 establishment | nmod |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 rule | cc |
| 48 | kingly | kingly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 rule | amod |
| 49 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 folklore | conj |
| 50 | in | in | ADP | _ | 51 Malé | case |
| 51 | Malé | Malé | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 rule | nmod |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 confirm | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confirm | present | Comparative studies of Maldivian oral and linguistic | cultural traditions nsubj | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | the first settlers | people | the southern shores of the neighbouring Indian subcontinent including the Giraavaru people | tree rules | |||
| 3 | neighbour | gerund | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | mention speech: other | participle | the Giraavaru people not said here | ancient legends and local folklore about the establishment of the capital and kingly rule in Malé | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | study | Maldivian oral and linguistic | nom study «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 6 | establish | the capital | nom establishment «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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