Skopje, sentence 22
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Shkup, the name of the city in Albanian, developed directly from Roman-era Scupi in agreement with the Albanian phonological development, the basis of evidence of an earlier Albanian settlement in the area.
What happens: develop, name, evidence · To what, where: city, Roman era, Shkup, Albanian settlement
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Skopje». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shkup | Shkup | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 name | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 name | det |
| 4 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Shkup | appos |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 city | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 city | det |
| 7 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 name | nmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 Albanian | case |
| 9 | Albanian | Albanian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 city | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 developed | punct |
| 11 | developed | develop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 city | acl |
| 12 | directly | directly | ADV | _ | 11 developed | advmod |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 era | case |
| 14 | Roman | roman | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 era | amod |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 Roman | punct |
| 16 | era | era | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 developed | obl |
| 17 | Scupi | Scupi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 era | appos |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 agreement | case |
| 19 | agreement | agreement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 developed | obl |
| 20 | with | with | ADP | _ | 24 development | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 development | det |
| 22 | Albanian | Albanian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 development | amod |
| 23 | phonological | phonological | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 development | amod |
| 24 | development | development | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 agreement | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 basis | punct |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 basis | det |
| 27 | basis | basis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 development | appos |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 evidence | case |
| 29 | evidence | evidence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 basis | nmod |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 settlement | case |
| 31 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 settlement | det |
| 32 | earlier | early | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 33 Albanian | advmod |
| 33 | Albanian | Albanian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 settlement | amod |
| 34 | settlement | settlement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 evidence | nmod |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 37 area | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 area | det |
| 37 | area | area | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 settlement | nmod |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Shkup | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | develop | participle | the city in Albanian not said here | Roman era | in agreement with the Albanian phonological development; directly property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in agreement=Location | |||
| 3 | name | the city in Albanian | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 4 | evidence | a Albanian settlement in the area | nom evidence «cognition 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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