Niger, sentence 212
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In October the junta expelled French troops from the country, presenting the move as a step towards sovereignty from the former colonial power, and in December it suspended cooperation with the Francophonie alleging its promotion of French interests.
Who acts: junta · What happens: expel, present, suspend, allege, promote · To what, where: French troops, country, move, former colonial power, cooperation, promotion
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Niger». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (junta), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 October | case |
| 2 | October | October | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 expelled | obl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 junta | det |
| 4 | junta | junta | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 expelled | nsubj |
| 5 | expelled | expel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 troops | amod |
| 7 | troops | troops | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 5 expelled | obj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 country | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 country | det |
| 10 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 expelled | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 presenting | punct |
| 12 | presenting | present | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 expelled | advcl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 move | det |
| 14 | move | move | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 presenting | obj |
| 15 | as | as | ADP | _ | 17 step | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 step | det |
| 17 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 presenting | obl |
| 18 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 19 sovereignty | case |
| 19 | sovereignty | sovereignty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 presenting | obl |
| 20 | from | from | ADP | _ | 24 power | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 power | det |
| 22 | former | former | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 power | amod |
| 23 | colonial | colonial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 power | amod |
| 24 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 presenting | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 suspended | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 suspended | cc |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 December | case |
| 28 | December | December | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 suspended | obl |
| 29 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 suspended | nsubj |
| 30 | suspended | suspend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 expelled | conj |
| 31 | cooperation | cooperation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 suspended | obj |
| 32 | with | with | ADP | _ | 34 Francophonie | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Francophonie | det |
| 34 | Francophonie | Francophonie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 suspended | obl |
| 35 | alleging | allege | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 30 suspended | advcl |
| 36 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 promotion | nmod:poss |
| 37 | promotion | promotion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 alleging | obj |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 interests | case |
| 39 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 interests | amod |
| 40 | interests | interest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 promotion | nmod |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 expelled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | expel | past | the junta | French troops | the country | october | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent troops=Theme from country=Source | ||
| 2 | present | gerund | the junta not said here | the move | the former colonial power | as a step; towards sovereignty | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent move=Theme | ||
| 3 | suspend | past | junta | cooperation | december | with the Francophonie | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cooperation=Theme | ||
| 4 | allege speech: other | gerund | junta not said here | junta's promotion of French interests | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent promotion=Topic | ||||
| 5 | promote | junta | French interests | nom promotion «communication transitive»: poss=agent 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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