Seoul, sentence 23
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Seoul was also known by other various historical names, such as Bukhansan-gun (, during the Goguryeo era), Namcheon (, during the Silla era), Hanyang (, during the Northern and Southern States period), Namgyeong (, during the Goryeo era), and Hanseong (, during the Joseon era).
Who acts: other various historical names · What happens: know · To what, where: Seoul
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Seoul». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (other various historical names), 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 | Seoul | Seoul | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 known | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 known | aux:pass |
| 3 | also | also | ADV | _ | 4 known | advmod |
| 4 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 names | case |
| 6 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 names | amod |
| 7 | various | various | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 names | amod |
| 8 | historical | historical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 names | amod |
| 9 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 known | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 gun | punct |
| 11 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 15 gun | case |
| 12 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 such | fixed |
| 13 | Bukhansan | Bukhansan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 gun | compound |
| 14 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 Bukhansan | punct |
| 15 | gun | gun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 names | nmod |
| 16 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 21 era | punct |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 era | punct |
| 18 | during | during | ADP | _ | 21 era | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 era | det |
| 20 | Goguryeo | Goguryeo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 era | compound |
| 21 | era | era | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 gun | appos |
| 22 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 21 era | punct |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 Namcheon | punct |
| 24 | Namcheon | Namcheon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 names | nmod |
| 25 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 30 era | punct |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 era | punct |
| 27 | during | during | ADP | _ | 30 era | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 era | det |
| 29 | Silla | Silla | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 era | compound |
| 30 | era | era | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 Namcheon | appos |
| 31 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 30 era | punct |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 Hanyang | punct |
| 33 | Hanyang | Hanyang | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Namcheon | conj |
| 34 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 42 period | punct |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 period | punct |
| 36 | during | during | ADP | _ | 42 period | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 period | det |
| 38 | Northern | Northern | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 period | compound |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 States | cc |
| 40 | Southern | Southern | PROPN | _ | 41 States | compound |
| 41 | States | State | PROPN | Number=Plur | 38 Northern | conj |
| 42 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 Hanyang | appos |
| 43 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 42 period | punct |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 Namgyeong | punct |
| 45 | Namgyeong | Namgyeong | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Namcheon | conj |
| 46 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 51 era | punct |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 era | punct |
| 48 | during | during | ADP | _ | 51 era | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 era | det |
| 50 | Goryeo | Goryeo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 era | compound |
| 51 | era | era | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 Namcheon | appos |
| 52 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 51 era | punct |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 Hanseong | punct |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 Hanseong | cc |
| 55 | Hanseong | Hanseong | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 known | obl |
| 56 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 61 era | punct |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 era | punct |
| 58 | during | during | ADP | _ | 61 era | case |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 era | det |
| 60 | Joseon | Joseon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 61 era | compound |
| 61 | era | era | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 Hanseong | appos |
| 62 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 61 era | punct |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 known | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past · passive | other various historical names such Bukhansan gun Namcheon and Hanyang and Namgyeong | Seoul | Hanseong obl | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus |
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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