Mauritius, sentence 330
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This continued administration constitutes a wrongful act", he said, adding "The UK has an obligation to bring to an end its administration of the Chagos Archipelago as rapidly as possible and that all member states must co-operate with the United Nations to complete the decolonization of Mauritius."
Who acts: continued administration, act, UK, member states · What happens: continue, constitute, say, add, have, bring · To what, where: wrongful act, obligation, end, decolonization, Chagos Archipelago, Mauritius · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Mauritius». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (continued administration, act, UK, member states), 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 | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 administration | det |
| 2 | continued | continue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 administration | amod |
| 3 | administration | administration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 constitutes | nsubj |
| 4 | constitutes | constitute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 act | det |
| 6 | wrongful | wrongful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 act | amod |
| 7 | act | act | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 constitutes | obj |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 act | punct |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 said | nsubj |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 constitutes | parataxis |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 adding | punct |
| 13 | adding | add | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 said | advcl |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 has | punct |
| 15 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 UK | det |
| 16 | UK | UK | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 has | nsubj |
| 17 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 adding | ccomp |
| 18 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 obligation | det |
| 19 | obligation | obligation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 has | obj |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 bring | mark |
| 21 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 obligation | acl |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 end | case |
| 23 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 end | det |
| 24 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 bring | obl |
| 25 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 administration | nmod:poss |
| 26 | administration | administration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 end | conj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 Archipelago | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 Archipelago | det |
| 29 | Chagos | Chagos | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 Archipelago | compound |
| 30 | Archipelago | Archipelago | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 administration | nmod |
| 31 | as | as | ADV | _ | 32 rapidly | advmod |
| 32 | rapidly | rapidly | ADV | _ | 21 bring | advmod |
| 33 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 34 possible | mark |
| 34 | possible | possible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 rapidly | advcl |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 co-operate | cc |
| 36 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 41 co-operate | mark |
| 37 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 39 states | det |
| 38 | member | member | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 states | compound |
| 39 | states | state | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 co-operate | nsubj |
| 40 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 41 co-operate | aux |
| 41 | co-operate | co-operate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 rapidly | conj |
| 42 | with | with | ADP | _ | 45 Nations | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 Nations | det |
| 44 | United | United | PROPN | _ | 45 Nations | compound |
| 45 | Nations | Nation | PROPN | Number=Plur | 41 co-operate | obl |
| 46 | to | to | PART | _ | 47 complete | mark |
| 47 | complete | complete | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 co-operate | advcl |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 decolonization | det |
| 49 | decolonization | decolonization | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 complete | obj |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 Mauritius | case |
| 51 | Mauritius | Mauritius | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 decolonization | nmod |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 constitutes | punct |
| 53 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 constitutes | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | continue | participle | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | constitute | present | this continued administration | a wrongful act | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | act | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | add speech: assert in a quote | gerund | act not said here | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | have | present | the UK | a obligation | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent obligation=Patient | ||||
| 6 | bring | to-infinitive | the UK not said here | a obligation not said here | to a end and UK's administration of the Chagos Archipelago | rapidly property | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to end=Destination | ||
| 7 | co-operate | must | all member states | with the United Nations | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | complete | to-infinitive | all member states not said here | the decolonization of Mauritius | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decolonization=Eventuality | ||||
| 9 | administer | UK | the Chagos Archipelago | nom administration «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | |||||
| 10 | decolonize | Mauritius | nom decolonization «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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