Russia, sentence 187
From Wikipedia, «Russia», 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.
The Soviet Union, along with the United States, the United Kingdom and China were considered the Big Four of Allied powers in World War II, and later became the Four Policemen, which was the foundation of the United Nations Security Council.
Who acts: Four Policemen · What happens: consider, ally, become, be · To what, where: Soviet Union, Four Policemen, foundation
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Russia». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Four Policemen), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Union | det |
| 2 | Soviet | Soviet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Union | compound |
| 3 | Union | Union | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 considered | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 States | punct |
| 5 | along | along | ADP | _ | 9 States | case |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 States | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 States | det |
| 8 | United | United | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 States | amod |
| 9 | States | State | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 Union | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 Kingdom | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Kingdom | det |
| 12 | United | United | PROPN | _ | 13 Kingdom | flat |
| 13 | Kingdom | Kingdom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Union | conj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 China | cc |
| 15 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Kingdom | conj |
| 16 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 considered | aux:pass |
| 17 | considered | consider | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Four | det |
| 19 | Big | Big | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 Four | nmod:unmarked |
| 20 | Four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 considered | xcomp |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 powers | case |
| 22 | Allied | ally | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 powers | amod |
| 23 | powers | power | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 Four | nmod |
| 24 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 War | case |
| 25 | World | World | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 War | compound |
| 26 | War | War | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 powers | nmod |
| 27 | II | II | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 26 War | flat |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 became | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 became | cc |
| 30 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 31 became | advmod |
| 31 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 considered | conj |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Policemen | det |
| 33 | Four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 34 Policemen | nummod |
| 34 | Policemen | policeman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 became | xcomp |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 foundation | punct |
| 36 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 foundation | nsubj |
| 37 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 foundation | cop |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 foundation | det |
| 39 | foundation | foundation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 Policemen | nmod |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 Council | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 Council | det |
| 42 | United | United | PROPN | _ | 43 Nations | compound |
| 43 | Nations | Nation | PROPN | Number=Plur | 45 Council | compound |
| 44 | Security | Security | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 Council | compound |
| 45 | Council | Council | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 foundation | nmod |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 considered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consider | past · passive | the Soviet Union and the United States and the United Kingdom and China | the Four Big of Allied powers in World War xcomp | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | ally | participle | vn conspire-71 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | become | past | the Four Policemen | late property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | is a | past | the Four Policemen | the foundation | of the Nations Security Council | 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, «Russia», 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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