Pretoria, sentence 80
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Some of the notable structures in Pretoria include the late 19th century Palace of Justice, the early 20th century Union Buildings, the post-war Voortrekker Monument, the diverse buildings dotting the main campuses of both the University of Pretoria and the University of South Africa, traditional Cape Dutch style Mahlamba Ndlopfu (the President's House), the Neo-Byzantine Old Synagogue, the more modern Reserve Bank of South Africa (office skyscraper) and the Telkom Lukasrand Tower.
Who acts: Some, diverse buildings · What happens: include, dot · To what, where: main campuses
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Pretoria». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Some, diverse buildings), 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 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 include | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 structures | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 structures | det |
| 4 | notable | notable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 structures | amod |
| 5 | structures | structure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Some | nmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 Pretoria | case |
| 7 | Pretoria | Pretoria | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 structures | nmod |
| 8 | include | include | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 century | det |
| 10 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 century | amod |
| 11 | 19th | 19th | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 12 century | amod |
| 12 | century | century | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 include | obj |
| 13 | Palace | Palace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 century | appos |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 Justice | case |
| 15 | Justice | Justice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Palace | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 century | punct |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 century | det |
| 18 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 century | amod |
| 19 | 20th | 20th | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 20 century | amod |
| 20 | century | century | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 century | parataxis |
| 21 | Union | Union | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Buildings | compound |
| 22 | Buildings | building | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 century | conj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 Monument | punct |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 Monument | det |
| 25 | post-war | post-war | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 Monument | amod |
| 26 | Voortrekker | Voortrekker | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 Monument | compound |
| 27 | Monument | monument | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 Buildings | appos |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 buildings | punct |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 buildings | det |
| 30 | diverse | diverse | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 buildings | amod |
| 31 | buildings | building | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 Monument | nmod |
| 32 | dotting | dot | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 31 buildings | acl |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 campuses | det |
| 34 | main | main | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 campuses | amod |
| 35 | campuses | campus | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 dotting | obj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 University | case |
| 37 | both | both | CCONJ | _ | 39 University | cc:preconj |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 University | det |
| 39 | University | University | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 campuses | nmod |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 Pretoria | case |
| 41 | Pretoria | Pretoria | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 University | nmod |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 University | cc |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 University | det |
| 44 | University | University | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 University | conj |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 Africa | case |
| 46 | South | South | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 Africa | compound |
| 47 | Africa | Africa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 University | nmod |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 style | punct |
| 49 | traditional | traditional | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 style | amod |
| 50 | Cape | Cape | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 style | compound |
| 51 | Dutch | dutch | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 style | amod |
| 52 | style | style | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 buildings | conj |
| 53 | Mahlamba | Mahlamba | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 style | appos |
| 54 | Ndlopfu | Ndlopfu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 Mahlamba | flat |
| 55 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 59 House | punct |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 President | det |
| 57 | President | President | PROPN | Number=Sing | 59 House | nmod:poss |
| 58 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 57 President | case |
| 59 | House | House | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 Mahlamba | appos |
| 60 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 59 House | punct |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 Synagogue | punct |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 Synagogue | det |
| 63 | Neo-Byzantine | Neo-Byzantine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 65 Synagogue | compound |
| 64 | Old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 65 Synagogue | amod |
| 65 | Synagogue | Synagogue | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 Mahlamba | conj |
| 66 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 71 Bank | punct |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 71 Bank | det |
| 68 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 69 modern | advmod |
| 69 | modern | modern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 71 Bank | amod |
| 70 | Reserve | Reserve | PROPN | Number=Sing | 71 Bank | compound |
| 71 | Bank | Bank | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 Mahlamba | list |
| 72 | of | of | ADP | _ | 74 Africa | case |
| 73 | South | South | PROPN | Number=Sing | 74 Africa | compound |
| 74 | Africa | Africa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 71 Bank | nmod |
| 75 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 77 skyscraper | punct |
| 76 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 77 skyscraper | compound |
| 77 | skyscraper | skyscraper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 Mahlamba | appos |
| 78 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 77 skyscraper | punct |
| 79 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 83 Tower | cc |
| 80 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 83 Tower | det |
| 81 | Telkom | Telkom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 83 Tower | compound |
| 82 | Lukasrand | Lukasrand | PROPN | Number=Sing | 83 Tower | compound |
| 83 | Tower | Tower | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 Mahlamba | conj |
| 84 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 include | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | include | present | Some of the notable structures in Pretoria | century | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | dot | gerund | the diverse buildings and traditional Cape Dutch style not said here | the main campuses of the University of Pretoria and the University of South Africa | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme campus=Destination |
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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