Slovakia, sentence 34
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According to one of the theories, a new form of national name formed for the ancestors of the Slovaks between the 13th and 14th century, possibly due to foreign influence; the Czech word Slovák (in medieval sources from 1291 onward).
What happens: accord, form · To what, where: national name
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Slovakia». 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.
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 | 3 one | case |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 1 According | fixed |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 theories | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 theories | det |
| 6 | theories | theory | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 one | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 form | punct |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 form | det |
| 9 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 form | amod |
| 10 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 theories | appos |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 name | case |
| 12 | national | national | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 name | amod |
| 13 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 form | nmod |
| 14 | formed | form | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 name | acl |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 ancestors | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 ancestors | det |
| 17 | ancestors | ancestor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 formed | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 Slovaks | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Slovaks | det |
| 20 | Slovaks | slovak | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 ancestors | nmod |
| 21 | between | between | ADP | _ | 26 century | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 century | det |
| 23 | 13th | 13th | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 26 century | amod |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 14th | cc |
| 25 | 14th | 14th | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 23 13th | conj |
| 26 | century | century | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 Slovaks | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 influence | punct |
| 28 | possibly | possibly | ADV | _ | 32 influence | advmod |
| 29 | due | due | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 32 influence | case |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 29 due | fixed |
| 31 | foreign | foreign | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 influence | amod |
| 32 | influence | influence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 century | conj |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 word | punct |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 word | det |
| 35 | Czech | Czech | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 word | compound |
| 36 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 one | parataxis |
| 37 | Slovák | Slovák | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 word | appos |
| 38 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 41 sources | punct |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 41 sources | case |
| 40 | medieval | medieval | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 sources | amod |
| 41 | sources | source | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 word | appos |
| 42 | from | from | ADP | _ | 43 1291 | case |
| 43 | 1291 | 1291 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 41 sources | nmod |
| 44 | onward | onward | ADV | _ | 41 sources | advmod |
| 45 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 41 sources | punct |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 one | 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 | form | participle | national name not said here | for the ancestors of the Slovaks between the 13th century and foreign influence | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | form | national name | nom form «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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