Nassau, Bahamas, sentence 35
From Wikipedia, «Nassau, Bahamas», 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.
Other pirates of note that spent time in Nassau included Charles Vane, Thomas Barrow (who declared himself "Governor of New Providence"), John Rackham, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and the infamous Edward Teach, better known as "Blackbeard".
Who acts: note, Other pirates, Thomas Barrow, Governor · What happens: spend, include, declare, read, know · To what, where: Nassau, Charles, infamous Edward Teach
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Nassau, Bahamas». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (note, Other pirates, Thomas Barrow, Governor), 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 | Other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 pirates | amod |
| 2 | pirates | pirate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 included | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 note | case |
| 4 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pirates | nmod |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 spent | nsubj |
| 6 | spent | spend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 note | acl:relcl |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 spent | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 Nassau | case |
| 9 | Nassau | Nassau | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 spent | obl |
| 10 | included | include | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | Charles | Charles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 included | obj |
| 12 | Vane | Vane | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Charles | flat |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 Barrow | punct |
| 14 | Thomas | Thomas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Barrow | compound |
| 15 | Barrow | Barrow | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Charles | conj |
| 16 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 18 declared | punct |
| 17 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 declared | nsubj |
| 18 | declared | declare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 Barrow | acl:relcl |
| 19 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 18 declared | obj |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 Governor | punct |
| 21 | Governor | Governor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Read | nsubj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 Providence | case |
| 23 | New | New | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 Providence | amod |
| 24 | Providence | Providence | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Governor | nmod |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 Providence | punct |
| 26 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 24 Providence | punct |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 John | punct |
| 28 | John | John | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Governor | conj |
| 29 | Rackham | Rackham | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 John | flat |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 Anne | punct |
| 31 | Anne | Anne | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Governor | conj |
| 32 | Bonny | Bonny | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 Anne | flat |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 Mary | punct |
| 34 | Mary | Mary | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Governor | conj |
| 35 | Read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 declared | acl:relcl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 Teach | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 Teach | cc |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 Teach | det |
| 39 | infamous | infamous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 Teach | amod |
| 40 | Edward | Edward | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 Teach | compound |
| 41 | Teach | teach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 included | parataxis |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 known | punct |
| 43 | better | well | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 44 known | advmod |
| 44 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 41 Teach | acl |
| 45 | as | as | ADP | _ | 47 Blackbeard | case |
| 46 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 47 Blackbeard | punct |
| 47 | Blackbeard | Blackbeard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 known | obl |
| 48 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 47 Blackbeard | punct |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 included | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spend | past | note | Nassau | time | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | include | past | Other pirates of note | Charles and Thomas Barrow | the infamous Edward Teach parataxis | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charles=Theme | |||
| 3 | declare speech: other | past | Thomas Barrow | Charles | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Attribute | ||||
| 4 | read | infinitive | Governor of New Providence and John and Anne and Mary | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | know | participle | the infamous Edward Teach not said here | as Blackbeard; well property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as blackbeard=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, «Nassau, Bahamas», 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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