Mauritius, sentence 57
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A 1755 article in the English Leeds Intelligencer claims that the island was abandoned due to the large number of long tailed macaque monkeys "which destroyed everything in it," and that it was also known at the time as the Island of Monkeys.
Who acts: 1755 article, long tailed macaque monkeys · What happens: claim, abandon, tail, destroy, know · To what, where: island, everything, article · 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 (1755 article, long tailed macaque monkeys), 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 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 article | det |
| 2 | 1755 | 1755 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 article | nummod |
| 3 | article | article | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 claims | nsubj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 Intelligencer | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Intelligencer | det |
| 6 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 Intelligencer | amod |
| 7 | Leeds | Leeds | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Intelligencer | compound |
| 8 | Intelligencer | Intelligencer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 article | nmod |
| 9 | claims | claim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 14 abandoned | mark |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 island | det |
| 12 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 abandoned | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 abandoned | aux:pass |
| 14 | abandoned | abandon | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 claims | ccomp |
| 15 | due | due | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 19 number | case |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 due | fixed |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 number | det |
| 18 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 number | amod |
| 19 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 abandoned | obl |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 monkeys | case |
| 21 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 monkeys | amod |
| 22 | tailed | tail | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 monkeys | amod |
| 23 | macaque | macaque | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 monkeys | compound |
| 24 | monkeys | monkey | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 number | nmod |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 monkeys | punct |
| 26 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 27 destroyed | nsubj |
| 27 | destroyed | destroy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 monkeys | acl:relcl |
| 28 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 27 destroyed | obj |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 it | case |
| 30 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 destroyed | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 abandoned | punct |
| 32 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 abandoned | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 known | cc |
| 34 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 38 known | mark |
| 35 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 known | nsubj:pass |
| 36 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 known | aux:pass |
| 37 | also | also | ADV | _ | 38 known | advmod |
| 38 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 abandoned | conj |
| 39 | at | at | ADP | _ | 41 time | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 time | det |
| 41 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 known | obl |
| 42 | as | as | ADP | _ | 44 Island | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 Island | det |
| 44 | Island | Island | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 known | obl |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 Monkeys | case |
| 46 | Monkeys | monkey | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 Island | nmod |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 claims | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | claim speech: other | present | a 1755 article in the English Leeds Intelligencer | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | abandon | past · passive | the island | due the large number of long tailed macaque monkeys | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: subject=Source | ||||
| 3 | tail | participle | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | destroy in a quote | past | long tailed macaque monkeys | everything | article | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Patient | |||
| 5 | know | past · passive | article | time | as the Island of Monkeys | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as island=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.
Text: the English Wikipedia, «Mauritius», revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, CC BY-SA 4.0. Tree: Mova's own parse, CC BY-SA 4.0 as the text is. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the article read in order, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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