New Zealand, sentence 181
From Wikipedia, «New Zealand», 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.
Following further legislation shortly afterwards three further provinces were created from three of the original six, leaving the country with nine provinces in 1862, each with a degree of autonomy under an elected superintendent.
Who acts: further legislation · What happens: follow, create, leave, elect · To what, where: three further provinces, three, country, elected superintendent
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «New Zealand». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (further legislation), 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 | Following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 legislation | case |
| 2 | further | further | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 legislation | amod |
| 3 | legislation | legislation | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | shortly | shortly | ADV | _ | 10 created | advmod |
| 5 | afterwards | afterwards | ADV | _ | 10 created | advmod |
| 6 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 provinces | nummod |
| 7 | further | further | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 provinces | amod |
| 8 | provinces | province | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 created | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 created | aux:pass |
| 10 | created | create | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 legislation | acl:relcl |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 three | case |
| 12 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 created | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 six | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 six | det |
| 15 | original | original | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 six | amod |
| 16 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 three | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 leaving | punct |
| 18 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 created | advcl |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 country | det |
| 20 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 leaving | obj |
| 21 | with | with | ADP | _ | 23 provinces | case |
| 22 | nine | nine | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 23 provinces | nummod |
| 23 | provinces | province | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 leaving | obl |
| 24 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 1862 | case |
| 25 | 1862 | 1862 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 23 provinces | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 each | punct |
| 27 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 23 provinces | appos |
| 28 | with | with | ADP | _ | 30 degree | case |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 degree | det |
| 30 | degree | degree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 each | nmod |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 autonomy | case |
| 32 | autonomy | autonomy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 degree | nmod |
| 33 | under | under | ADP | _ | 36 superintendent | case |
| 34 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 superintendent | det |
| 35 | elected | elect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 superintendent | amod |
| 36 | superintendent | superintendent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 leaving | obl |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 legislation | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | create | past · passive | further legislation not said here | three further provinces | three of the original six | afterwards, shortly property | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from three=Material | ||
| 3 | leave | gerund | further legislation not said here | the country | a elected superintendent | with nine provinces in 1862 | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent country=Theme under superintendent=Location | ||
| 4 | elect | participle | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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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