Russia, sentence 26
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.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the English name Russia first appeared in the 14th century, borrowed from Russia, used in the 11th century and frequently in 12th-century British sources, in turn derived from Russi and the suffix -ia.
Who acts: English name, British sources · What happens: accord, appear, borrow, use, derive · To what, where: Russia, turn
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 (English name, British sources), 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 | 6 Dictionary | case |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 1 According | fixed |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Dictionary | det |
| 4 | Oxford | Oxford | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 English | compound |
| 5 | English | English | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Dictionary | compound |
| 6 | Dictionary | Dictionary | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 appeared | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Dictionary | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 name | det |
| 9 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 name | amod |
| 10 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 appeared | nsubj |
| 11 | Russia | Russia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 name | appos |
| 12 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 13 appeared | advmod |
| 13 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 century | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 century | det |
| 16 | 14th | 14th | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 17 century | amod |
| 17 | century | century | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 appeared | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 borrowed | punct |
| 19 | borrowed | borrow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 appeared | conj |
| 20 | from | from | ADP | _ | 21 Russia | case |
| 21 | Russia | Russia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 borrowed | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 used | punct |
| 23 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 borrowed | conj |
| 24 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 century | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 century | det |
| 26 | 11th | 11th | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 century | amod |
| 27 | century | century | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 used | obl |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 century | cc |
| 29 | frequently | frequently | ADV | _ | 33 century | advmod |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 33 century | case |
| 31 | 12th | 12th | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 33 century | compound |
| 32 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 31 12th | punct |
| 33 | century | century | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 century | conj |
| 34 | British | British | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 sources | amod |
| 35 | sources | source | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 century | conj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 derived | punct |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 turn | case |
| 38 | turn | turn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 derived | obl |
| 39 | derived | derive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 sources | acl:relcl |
| 40 | from | from | ADP | _ | 41 Russi | case |
| 41 | Russi | Russi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 derived | obl |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 ia | cc |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 ia | det |
| 44 | suffix | suffix | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 ia | compound |
| 45 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 44 suffix | punct |
| 46 | ia | ia | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 Russi | conj |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 appeared | 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 | appear | past | the English name | century | accord the English Dictionary; first property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 3 | borrow | participle | the English name not said here | Russia | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from russia=Source | ||||
| 4 | use | participle | the English name not said here | century | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | derive | past | British sources not said here | turn | from Russi and the suffix ia | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in turn=Location |
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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