Slovakia, sentence 85
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A Slavic state known as the Principality of Nitra arose in the eighth century and its ruler Pribina had the first known Christian church of the territory of present-day Slovakia consecrated by 828.
Who acts: Slavic state, ruler · What happens: know, arise, have, consecrate · To what, where: Slavic state, first known Christian church, present day
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: who acts (Slavic state, ruler), 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 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 state | det |
| 2 | Slavic | slavic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 state | amod |
| 3 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 arose | nsubj |
| 4 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 state | acl |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 Principality | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Principality | det |
| 7 | Principality | principality | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 known | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Nitra | case |
| 9 | Nitra | Nitra | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Principality | nmod |
| 10 | arose | arise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 century | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 century | det |
| 13 | eighth | eighth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 century | amod |
| 14 | century | century | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 arose | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 had | cc |
| 16 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 ruler | nmod:poss |
| 17 | ruler | ruler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 had | nsubj |
| 18 | Pribina | Pribina | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 ruler | appos |
| 19 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 arose | conj |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 church | det |
| 21 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 24 church | amod |
| 22 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 church | amod |
| 23 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 church | amod |
| 24 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 had | obj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 territory | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 territory | det |
| 27 | territory | territory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 church | nmod |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 day | case |
| 29 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 day | compound |
| 30 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 29 present | punct |
| 31 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 territory | nmod |
| 32 | Slovakia | Slovakia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 day | appos |
| 33 | consecrated | consecrate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 day | acl |
| 34 | by | by | ADP | _ | 35 828 | case |
| 35 | 828 | 828 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 33 consecrated | obl |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 arose | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | participle | a Slavic state not said here | as the Principality of Nitra | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as principality=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | arise | past | a Slavic state | century | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | have | past | state's ruler | the first known Christian church of the territory of present day | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent church=Patient | ||||
| 4 | know | participle | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 5 | consecrate | participle | present day not said here | by 828 | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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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