Metro Manila, sentence 37
From Wikipedia, «Metro Manila», 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.
Its institution, government, and economy were associated with the Tagalogs and the Kapampangans, and the Malay language was extensively used for foreign affairs as customary in much of Southeast Asia at the time.
What happens: associate, use · To what, where: institution, Malay language
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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 | Its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 institution | nmod:poss |
| 2 | institution | institution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 associated | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 government | punct |
| 4 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 institution | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 economy | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 economy | cc |
| 7 | economy | economy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 institution | conj |
| 8 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 associated | aux:pass |
| 9 | associated | associate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 Tagalogs | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Tagalogs | det |
| 12 | Tagalogs | tagalog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 associated | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 Kapampangans | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Kapampangans | det |
| 15 | Kapampangans | Kapampangan | PROPN | Number=Plur | 12 Tagalogs | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 used | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 used | cc |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 language | det |
| 19 | Malay | Malay | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 language | compound |
| 20 | language | language | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 used | nsubj:pass |
| 21 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 used | aux:pass |
| 22 | extensively | extensively | ADV | _ | 23 used | advmod |
| 23 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 associated | conj |
| 24 | for | for | ADP | _ | 26 affairs | case |
| 25 | foreign | foreign | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 affairs | amod |
| 26 | affairs | affair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 used | obl |
| 27 | as | as | ADP | _ | 28 customary | case |
| 28 | customary | customary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 used | obl |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 33 Asia | case |
| 30 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 Asia | amod |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 Asia | case |
| 32 | Southeast | Southeast | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 Asia | compound |
| 33 | Asia | Asia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 customary | nmod |
| 34 | at | at | ADP | _ | 36 time | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 time | det |
| 36 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 used | obl |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 associated | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | associate | past · passive | Kingdom's institution and government and economy | with the Tagalogs and the Kapampangans | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with tagalog=Co-Patient | ||||
| 2 | use | past · passive | the Malay language | time | for foreign affairs; as customary in much Southeast Asia; extensively property | vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Duration as customary=Attribute |
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