North Nicosia, sentence 48
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In the middle of the square stands the Venetian Column, known simply as "the Obelisk" ("Dikiltaş") to the locals and symbolic of the country's government.
What happens: stand, know · To what, where: Venetian Column, middle
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «North Nicosia». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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 | _ | 3 middle | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 middle | det |
| 3 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stands | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 square | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 square | det |
| 6 | square | square | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 middle | nmod |
| 7 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Column | det |
| 9 | Venetian | Venetian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Column | compound |
| 10 | Column | Column | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 stands | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 known | punct |
| 12 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 stands | advcl |
| 13 | simply | simply | ADV | _ | 17 Obelisk | advmod |
| 14 | as | as | ADP | _ | 17 Obelisk | case |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 Obelisk | punct |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Obelisk | det |
| 17 | Obelisk | Obelisk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 known | obl |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 Obelisk | punct |
| 19 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 21 Dikiltaş | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 Dikiltaş | punct |
| 21 | Dikiltaş | Dikiltaş | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Obelisk | appos |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 Dikiltaş | punct |
| 23 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 21 Dikiltaş | punct |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 locals | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 locals | det |
| 26 | locals | local | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 known | obl |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 symbolic | cc |
| 28 | symbolic | symbolic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 locals | conj |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 government | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 country | det |
| 31 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 government | nmod:poss |
| 32 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 31 country | case |
| 33 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 symbolic | nmod |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 stands | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | present | the Venetian Column | the middle of the square | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent column=Theme in middle=Destination | ||||
| 2 | know | participle | as the Obelisk; to the locals and symbolic of the country's government | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as obelisk=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.
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