Niue, sentence 49
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A despatch to the Secretary of State for the Colonies from the Governor of New Zealand referred to the views expressed by the Chiefs in favour of "annexation" and to this document as "the deed of cession".
Who acts: despatch · What happens: refer, express, favour · To what, where: views, favour, annexation
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Niue». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (despatch), 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 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 despatch | det |
| 2 | despatch | despatch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 referred | nsubj |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 Secretary | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Secretary | det |
| 5 | Secretary | Secretary | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 despatch | nmod |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 State | case |
| 7 | State | State | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Secretary | nmod |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 Colonies | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Colonies | det |
| 10 | Colonies | colony | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 despatch | nmod |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 Governor | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Governor | det |
| 13 | Governor | Governor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Colonies | nmod |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 Zealand | case |
| 15 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Zealand | flat |
| 16 | Zealand | Zealand | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Governor | nmod |
| 17 | referred | refer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 views | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 views | det |
| 20 | views | view | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 referred | obl |
| 21 | expressed | express | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 views | acl |
| 22 | by | by | ADP | _ | 24 Chiefs | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 Chiefs | det |
| 24 | Chiefs | Chief | PROPN | Number=Plur | 21 expressed | obl:agent |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 favour | case |
| 26 | favour | favour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 expressed | obl |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 annexation | case |
| 28 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 29 annexation | punct |
| 29 | annexation | annexation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 favour | nmod |
| 30 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 29 annexation | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 document | cc |
| 32 | to | to | ADP | _ | 34 document | case |
| 33 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 34 document | det |
| 34 | document | document | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 annexation | conj |
| 35 | as | as | ADP | _ | 38 deed | case |
| 36 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 38 deed | punct |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 deed | det |
| 38 | deed | deed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 document | nmod |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 cession | case |
| 40 | cession | cession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 deed | nmod |
| 41 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 document | punct |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 referred | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refer | past | a despatch to the Secretary of State for the Colonies from the Governor of New Zealand | to the views | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to view=Co-Theme | ||||
| 2 | express | participle | the views not said here | favour of annexation and this document as the deed of cession | the Chiefs obl:agent | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 3 | favour | annexation and this document as the deed of cession | nom favour «feeling 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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