Nepal, sentence 448
From Wikipedia, «Nepal», 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.
It describes a magnificent seven-storied pagoda in the middle of a palace, with copper-tiled roofs, its balustrade, grills, columns and beams set about with fine and precious stones, and four golden sculptures of Makaras in the four corners of the base spouting water from their mouths like a fountain, supplied by copper pipes connected to the runnels at the top of the tower.
Who acts: architecture, tiled roofs, four corners · What happens: describe, story, tile, set about, spout, supply · To what, where: magnificent storied pagoda, middle, water, mouths, four corners, copper pipes
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Nepal». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (architecture, tiled roofs, four corners), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 describes | nsubj |
| 2 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 pagoda | det |
| 4 | magnificent | magnificent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 pagoda | amod |
| 5 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 storied | punct |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 seven | punct |
| 7 | storied | story | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 pagoda | amod |
| 8 | pagoda | pagoda | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 describes | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 middle | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 middle | det |
| 11 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pagoda | nmod |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 palace | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 palace | det |
| 14 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 middle | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 roofs | punct |
| 16 | with | with | ADP | _ | 20 roofs | case |
| 17 | copper | copper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 tiled | compound |
| 18 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 17 copper | punct |
| 19 | tiled | tile | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 roofs | amod |
| 20 | roofs | roof | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 set | nsubj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 balustrade | punct |
| 22 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 balustrade | nmod:poss |
| 23 | balustrade | balustrade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 roofs | appos |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 grills | punct |
| 25 | grills | grill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 balustrade | conj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 columns | punct |
| 27 | columns | column | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 balustrade | conj |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 beams | cc |
| 29 | beams | beam | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 columns | conj |
| 30 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 describes | parataxis |
| 31 | about | about | ADV | _ | 30 set | advmod |
| 32 | with | with | ADP | _ | 36 stones | case |
| 33 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 stones | amod |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 precious | cc |
| 35 | precious | precious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 fine | conj |
| 36 | stones | stone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 set | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 sculptures | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 sculptures | cc |
| 39 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 41 sculptures | nummod |
| 40 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 sculptures | amod |
| 41 | sculptures | sculpture | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 describes | obl |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 Makaras | case |
| 43 | Makaras | Makaras | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 sculptures | nmod |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 47 corners | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 corners | det |
| 46 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 47 corners | nummod |
| 47 | corners | corner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 sculptures | nmod |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 base | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 base | det |
| 50 | base | base | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 corners | nmod |
| 51 | spouting | spout | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 47 corners | acl |
| 52 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 spouting | obj |
| 53 | from | from | ADP | _ | 55 mouths | case |
| 54 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 mouths | nmod:poss |
| 55 | mouths | mouth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 spouting | obl |
| 56 | like | like | ADP | _ | 58 fountain | case |
| 57 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 58 fountain | det |
| 58 | fountain | fountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 mouths | nmod |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 supplied | punct |
| 60 | supplied | supply | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 47 corners | acl |
| 61 | by | by | ADP | _ | 63 pipes | case |
| 62 | copper | copper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 pipes | compound |
| 63 | pipes | pipe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 supplied | obl |
| 64 | connected | connect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 63 pipes | acl |
| 65 | to | to | ADP | _ | 67 runnels | case |
| 66 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 67 runnels | det |
| 67 | runnels | runnel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 64 connected | obl |
| 68 | at | at | ADP | _ | 70 top | case |
| 69 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 70 top | det |
| 70 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 connected | obl |
| 71 | of | of | ADP | _ | 73 tower | case |
| 72 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 73 tower | det |
| 73 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 top | nmod |
| 74 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 describes | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | present | architecture | a magnificent storied pagoda | the middle of a palace | four golden sculptures of Makaras in the four corners of the base obl | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent pagoda=Theme | ||
| 2 | story | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | tile | participle | copper compound | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | set about | present | tiled roofs | with fine stones; about property | vn begin-55.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | spout | gerund | the four corners of the base not said here | water | roofs's mouths like a fountain | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location water=Source | |||
| 6 | supply | participle | the four corners of the base not said here | by copper pipes | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | connect | participle | copper pipes not said here | the top of the tower | to the runnels | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Patient to runnel=Co-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.
Text: the English Wikipedia, «Nepal», 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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