Saint Lucia, sentence 32
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In 1664, Thomas Warner (son of Sir Thomas Warner, the governor of St Kitts) claimed Saint Lucia for England but the English fled again in 1666, with the French gaining full control of the island after the signing of the Treaty of Breda.
Who acts: Thomas, Saint Lucia · What happens: claim, flee, sign · To what, where: 1664, 1666, Treaty · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Saint Lucia». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Thomas, Saint Lucia), 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 | _ | 2 1664 | case |
| 2 | 1664 | 1664 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 19 claimed | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 1664 | punct |
| 4 | Thomas | Thomas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 claimed | nsubj |
| 5 | Warner | Warner | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Thomas | flat |
| 6 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 7 son | punct |
| 7 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Thomas | appos |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Warner | case |
| 9 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Warner | compound |
| 10 | Thomas | Thomas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Warner | compound |
| 11 | Warner | Warner | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 son | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 governor | punct |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 governor | det |
| 14 | governor | governor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Thomas | appos |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 Kitts | case |
| 16 | St | St | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Kitts | compound |
| 17 | Kitts | Kitts | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 governor | nmod |
| 18 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 17 Kitts | punct |
| 19 | claimed | claim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | Saint | Saint | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Lucia | compound |
| 21 | Lucia | Lucia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 fled | nsubj |
| 22 | for | for | ADP | _ | 23 England | case |
| 23 | England | England | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Lucia | nmod |
| 24 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 26 English | cc |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 English | det |
| 26 | English | English | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Lucia | conj |
| 27 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 claimed | ccomp |
| 28 | again | again | ADV | _ | 27 fled | advmod |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 1666 | case |
| 30 | 1666 | 1666 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 27 fled | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 control | punct |
| 32 | with | with | ADP | _ | 37 control | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 gaining | det |
| 34 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 gaining | amod |
| 35 | gaining | gaining | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 control | nsubj |
| 36 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 control | amod |
| 37 | control | control | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 fled | conj |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 island | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 island | det |
| 40 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 control | nmod |
| 41 | after | after | ADP | _ | 43 signing | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 signing | det |
| 43 | signing | signing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 control | nmod |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 Treaty | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 Treaty | det |
| 46 | Treaty | Treaty | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 signing | nmod |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 Breda | case |
| 48 | Breda | Breda | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 Treaty | nmod |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 claimed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | claim speech: other | past | Thomas | 1664 | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | flee | past | Saint Lucia for England but the English | 1666 | again | full control the French gaining of the island after the signing of the Treaty of Breda conj | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||
| 3 | sign | the Treaty of Breda | nom signing «communication transitive»: of=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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