Minsk, sentence 230
From Wikipedia, «Minsk», 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.
After the last war, the development of the city was linked to the development of industry, especially of R&D-intensive sectors (heavy emphasis of R&D intensive industries in urban development in the USSR is known in Western geography as 'Minsk phenomenon').
Who acts: intensive sectors · What happens: link, know, develop · To what, where: development, heavy emphasis, Western geography, city, industry
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Minsk». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (intensive sectors), 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 | After | after | ADP | _ | 4 war | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 war | det |
| 3 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 war | amod |
| 4 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 linked | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 war | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 development | det |
| 7 | development | development | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 linked | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 city | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 city | det |
| 10 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 development | nmod |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 linked | aux:pass |
| 12 | linked | link | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 development | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 development | det |
| 15 | development | development | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 linked | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 industry | case |
| 17 | industry | industry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 development | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 R | punct |
| 19 | especially | especially | ADV | _ | 21 R | advmod |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 R | case |
| 21 | R | R | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 linked | obl |
| 22 | & | & | CCONJ | _ | 23 D | cc |
| 23 | D | D | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 R | conj |
| 24 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 26 sectors | punct |
| 25 | intensive | intensive | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 sectors | compound |
| 26 | sectors | sector | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 R | appos |
| 27 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 29 emphasis | punct |
| 28 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 emphasis | amod |
| 29 | emphasis | emphasis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 known | nsubj:pass |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 R | case |
| 31 | R | R | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 emphasis | nmod |
| 32 | & | & | CCONJ | _ | 35 industries | cc |
| 33 | D | d | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 industries | amod |
| 34 | intensive | intensive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 industries | amod |
| 35 | industries | industry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 R | conj |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 development | case |
| 37 | urban | urban | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 development | amod |
| 38 | development | development | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 industries | nmod |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 41 USSR | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 USSR | det |
| 41 | USSR | USSR | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 development | nmod |
| 42 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 43 known | aux:pass |
| 43 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 sectors | acl:relcl |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 geography | case |
| 45 | Western | western | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 geography | amod |
| 46 | geography | geography | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 known | obl |
| 47 | as | as | ADP | _ | 50 phenomenon | case |
| 48 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 50 phenomenon | punct |
| 49 | Minsk | Minsk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 phenomenon | compound |
| 50 | phenomenon | phenomenon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 known | obl |
| 51 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 50 phenomenon | punct |
| 52 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 26 sectors | punct |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 linked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | link | past · passive | the development of the city | after the last war | to the development of industry; of R & D | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to development=Co-Patient | |||
| 2 | know | present · passive | intensive sectors not said here | heavy emphasis of R & D intensive industries in urban development in the USSR | Western geography | as Minsk phenomenon | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as phenomenon=Attribute | ||
| 3 | develop | the city | nom development «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 4 | develop | industry | nom development «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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