Port Vila, sentence 17
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In the late 19th century, when the islands were known as the New Hebrides, the British initially had the dominant European presence.
What happens: know, have · To what, where: islands, dominant European presence
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Port Vila». 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 | _ | 5 century | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 century | det |
| 3 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 century | amod |
| 4 | 19th | 19th | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 5 century | amod |
| 5 | century | century | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 known | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 known | punct |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 known | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 islands | det |
| 9 | islands | island | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 known | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 known | aux:pass |
| 11 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 12 | as | as | ADP | _ | 15 Hebrides | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Hebrides | det |
| 14 | New | New | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 Hebrides | amod |
| 15 | Hebrides | Hebrides | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 known | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 British | punct |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 British | det |
| 18 | British | British | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 Hebrides | amod |
| 19 | initially | initially | ADV | _ | 20 had | advmod |
| 20 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 British | advcl |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 presence | det |
| 22 | dominant | dominant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 presence | amod |
| 23 | European | European | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 presence | amod |
| 24 | presence | presence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 had | obj |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 known | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past · passive | the islands | century | as the New Hebrides | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as hebrides=Attribute | |||
| 2 | have | past | the dominant European presence | initially property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent presence=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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