Serbia, sentence 89
From Wikipedia, «Serbia», 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.
In 1882, Principality of Serbia became the Kingdom of Serbia, ruled by King Milan I. The House of Karađorđević, descendants of the revolutionary leader Karađorđe Petrović, assumed power in 1903 following the May Overthrow.
Who acts: Principality, descendants · What happens: become, rule, assume, follow · To what, where: descendants, 1882, Kingdom, May Overthrow
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Serbia». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Principality, descendants), 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 1882 | case |
| 2 | 1882 | 1882 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 became | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Principality | punct |
| 4 | Principality | principality | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 became | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Serbia | case |
| 6 | Serbia | Serbia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Principality | nmod |
| 7 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Kingdom | det |
| 9 | Kingdom | Kingdom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 became | xcomp |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Serbia | case |
| 11 | Serbia | Serbia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Kingdom | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 ruled | punct |
| 13 | ruled | rule | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 Kingdom | acl |
| 14 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 I. | case |
| 15 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 I. | compound |
| 16 | Milan | Milan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 I. | compound |
| 17 | I. | I. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 ruled | obl |
| 18 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 House | det |
| 19 | House | House | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 I. | conj |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 Karađorđević | case |
| 21 | Karađorđević | Karađorđević | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 House | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 descendants | punct |
| 23 | descendants | descendant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 became | obl |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 leader | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 leader | det |
| 26 | revolutionary | revolutionary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 leader | amod |
| 27 | leader | leader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 descendants | nmod |
| 28 | Karađorđe | Karađorđe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 leader | appos |
| 29 | Petrović | Petrović | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 Karađorđe | flat |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 power | punct |
| 31 | assumed | assume | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 power | amod |
| 32 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 descendants | conj |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 1903 | case |
| 34 | 1903 | 1903 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 32 power | nmod |
| 35 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 23 descendants | acl |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 Overthrow | det |
| 37 | May | May | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 Overthrow | compound |
| 38 | Overthrow | Overthrow | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 following | obj |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 became | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | past | Principality of Serbia | descendants of the revolutionary leader and assumed power in 1903 | in 1882 result; the Kingdom of Serbia xcomp | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in 1882=Result | |||
| 2 | rule | participle | the Kingdom of Serbia not said here | by King Milan I. and the House of Karađorđević | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | assume | participle | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | follow | gerund | descendants of the revolutionary leader and assumed power in 1903 not said here | the May Overthrow | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent overthrow=Theme |
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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