Norway, sentence 258
From Wikipedia, «Norway», 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.
According to the Constitution of Norway, which was adopted on 17 May 1814 and was inspired by the United States Declaration of Independence and French Revolution, Norway is a unitary constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government, wherein the King of Norway is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government.
Who acts: States Declaration, Norway, King, prime minister · What happens: accord, adopt, inspire, be · To what, where: Constitution, 17, unitary constitutional monarchy, head
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Norway». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (States Declaration, Norway, King, prime minister), 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 | According | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 Constitution | case |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 1 According | fixed |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Constitution | det |
| 4 | Constitution | Constitution | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Norway | case |
| 6 | Norway | Norway | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Constitution | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 adopted | punct |
| 8 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 adopted | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 adopted | aux:pass |
| 10 | adopted | adopt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 Constitution | parataxis |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 17 | case |
| 12 | 17 | 17 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 adopted | obl |
| 13 | May | May | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 17 | nmod:unmarked |
| 14 | 1814 | 1814 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 17 | flat |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 inspired | cc |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 inspired | aux:pass |
| 17 | inspired | inspire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 adopted | conj |
| 18 | by | by | ADP | _ | 22 Declaration | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Declaration | det |
| 20 | United | United | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 States | amod |
| 21 | States | State | PROPN | Number=Plur | 22 Declaration | compound |
| 22 | Declaration | Declaration | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 inspired | obl:agent |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 Independence | case |
| 24 | Independence | Independence | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Declaration | nmod |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 French | cc |
| 26 | French | French | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Declaration | conj |
| 27 | Revolution | Revolution | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 French | flat |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 Declaration | punct |
| 29 | Norway | Norway | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 monarchy | nsubj |
| 30 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 monarchy | cop |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 monarchy | det |
| 32 | unitary | unitary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 monarchy | amod |
| 33 | constitutional | constitutional | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 monarchy | amod |
| 34 | monarchy | monarchy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 Declaration | appos |
| 35 | with | with | ADP | _ | 38 system | case |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 system | det |
| 37 | parliamentary | parliamentary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 system | amod |
| 38 | system | system | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 monarchy | nmod |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 government | case |
| 40 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 system | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 head | punct |
| 42 | wherein | wherein | ADV | PronType=Int | 49 head | advmod |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 King | det |
| 44 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 head | nsubj |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 Norway | case |
| 46 | Norway | Norway | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 King | nmod |
| 47 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 head | cop |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 head | det |
| 49 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 monarchy | parataxis |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 state | case |
| 51 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 head | nmod |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 head | cc |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 minister | det |
| 54 | prime | prime | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 minister | amod |
| 55 | minister | minister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 head | nsubj |
| 56 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 58 head | cop |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 head | det |
| 58 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 head | conj |
| 59 | of | of | ADP | _ | 60 government | case |
| 60 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 head | nmod |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 Constitution | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | adopt | past · passive | the Constitution of Norway | 17 May | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | inspire | past · passive | the States Declaration of Independence and French | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | is a | present | Norway | a unitary constitutional monarchy | with a parliamentary system of government | tree rules | |||
| 5 | is a | present | the King of Norway | the head and the head | of state; wherein property | tree rules | |||
| 6 | is a | present | the prime minister | the head | of government | tree rules |
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, «Norway», 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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