Reykjavík, sentence 248
From Wikipedia, «Reykjavík», 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.
A narrow-gauge locomotive was used to haul quarried stones from mines in Öskjuhlíð, Þingholtum and other locations, which now all sits inside the city limits, to construct the harbour, its quays and its defensive walls in the early 20th century, and is on display by the harbour in the summer time.
What happens: use, haul, quarry, sit, construct, be · To what, where: gauge locomotive, quarried stones, mines, other locations, city limits, harbour
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Reykjavík». 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 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 locomotive | det |
| 2 | narrow | narrow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 gauge | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 narrow | punct |
| 4 | gauge | gauge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 locomotive | compound |
| 5 | locomotive | locomotive | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 used | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 used | aux:pass |
| 7 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 haul | mark |
| 9 | haul | haul | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 used | xcomp |
| 10 | quarried | quarry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 stones | amod |
| 11 | stones | stone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 haul | obj |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 mines | case |
| 13 | mines | mine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 haul | obl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 Öskjuhlíð | case |
| 15 | Öskjuhlíð | Öskjuhlíð | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 mines | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 Þingholtum | punct |
| 17 | Þingholtum | Þingholtum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Öskjuhlíð | conj |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 locations | cc |
| 19 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 locations | amod |
| 20 | locations | location | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 Öskjuhlíð | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 sits | punct |
| 22 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 sits | obj |
| 23 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 25 sits | advmod |
| 24 | all | all | ADV | _ | 25 sits | advmod |
| 25 | sits | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 locations | conj |
| 26 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 29 limits | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 limits | det |
| 28 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 limits | compound |
| 29 | limits | limit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 sits | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 construct | punct |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 construct | mark |
| 32 | construct | construct | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 haul | conj |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 harbour | det |
| 34 | harbour | harbour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 construct | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 quays | punct |
| 36 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 quays | nmod:poss |
| 37 | quays | quay | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 harbour | conj |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 walls | cc |
| 39 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 walls | nmod:poss |
| 40 | defensive | defensive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 walls | amod |
| 41 | walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 harbour | conj |
| 42 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 century | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 century | det |
| 44 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 century | amod |
| 45 | 20th | 20th | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 46 century | amod |
| 46 | century | century | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 construct | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 display | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 display | cc |
| 49 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 51 display | cop |
| 50 | on | on | ADP | _ | 51 display | case |
| 51 | display | display | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 used | obl |
| 52 | by | by | ADP | _ | 54 harbour | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 harbour | det |
| 54 | harbour | harbour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 display | nmod |
| 55 | in | in | ADP | _ | 58 time | case |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 time | det |
| 57 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 time | compound |
| 58 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 harbour | nmod |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 used | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | past · passive | a gauge locomotive | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Theme clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | haul | to-infinitive | quarried stones | mines in Öskjuhlíð and Þingholtum and other locations | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent stone=Theme from mine=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | quarry | participle | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | sit | present | other locations | the city limits | now | all property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent which=Theme inside limit=Location | ||
| 5 | construct | to-infinitive | the harbour and locomotive's quays and locomotive's defensive walls | century | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harbour=Result | ||||
| 6 | is | present | display | by the harbour in the summer time | 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.
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