Somaliland, sentence 468
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Thus, for example, a 1954 study observed that in 89 marriages contracted by men of the Dhulbahante clan, 55 (62%) were with women of Dhulbahante sub-clans other than those of their husbands; 30 (33.7%) were with women of surrounding clans of other clan families (Isaaq, 28; Hawiye, 3); and 3 (4.3%) were with women of other clans of the Darod clan family (Majerteen 2, Ogaden 1).
Who acts: 1954 study · What happens: observe, contract, be · To what, where: 30, 89 marriages
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Somaliland». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (1954 study), 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 | Thus | thus | ADV | _ | 9 observed | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Thus | punct |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 example | case |
| 4 | example | example | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 observed | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 example | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 study | det |
| 7 | 1954 | 1954 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 study | nummod |
| 8 | study | study | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 observed | nsubj |
| 9 | observed | observe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 marriages | mark |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 marriages | case |
| 12 | 89 | 89 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 marriages | nummod |
| 13 | marriages | marriage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 observed | ccomp |
| 14 | contracted | contract | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 marriages | acl |
| 15 | by | by | ADP | _ | 16 men | case |
| 16 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 contracted | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 clan | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 clan | det |
| 19 | Dhulbahante | Dhulbahante | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 clan | compound |
| 20 | clan | clan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 men | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 55 | punct |
| 22 | 55 | 55 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 29 women | nummod |
| 23 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 25 % | punct |
| 24 | 62 | 62 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 25 % | nummod |
| 25 | % | % | SYM | Number=Sing | 22 55 | appos |
| 26 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 25 % | punct |
| 27 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 women | cop |
| 28 | with | with | ADP | _ | 29 women | case |
| 29 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 marriages | conj |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 sub-clans | case |
| 31 | Dhulbahante | Dhulbahante | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 sub-clans | compound |
| 32 | sub-clans | sub-clan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 women | nmod |
| 33 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 sub-clans | amod |
| 34 | than | than | ADP | _ | 35 those | case |
| 35 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 33 other | obl |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 husbands | case |
| 37 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 husbands | nmod:poss |
| 38 | husbands | husband | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 those | nmod |
| 39 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 30 | punct |
| 40 | 30 | 30 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 observed | obl |
| 41 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 43 % | punct |
| 42 | 33.7 | 33.7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 43 % | nummod |
| 43 | % | % | SYM | Number=Sing | 40 30 | appos |
| 44 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 43 % | punct |
| 45 | were | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 % | acl |
| 46 | with | with | ADP | _ | 47 women | case |
| 47 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 were | obl |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 clans | case |
| 49 | surrounding | surrounding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 clans | compound |
| 50 | clans | clan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 women | nmod |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 54 families | case |
| 52 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 families | amod |
| 53 | clan | clan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 families | compound |
| 54 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 50 clans | nmod |
| 55 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 56 Isaaq | punct |
| 56 | Isaaq | Isaaq | PROPN | Number=Sing | 54 families | appos |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 28 | punct |
| 58 | 28 | 28 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 56 Isaaq | appos |
| 59 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 60 Hawiye | punct |
| 60 | Hawiye | Hawiye | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 Isaaq | conj |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 3 | punct |
| 62 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 56 Isaaq | list |
| 63 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 56 Isaaq | punct |
| 64 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 73 women | punct |
| 65 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 73 women | cc |
| 66 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 73 women | nummod |
| 67 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 69 % | punct |
| 68 | 4.3 | 4.3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 69 % | nummod |
| 69 | % | % | SYM | Number=Sing | 66 3 | appos |
| 70 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 69 % | punct |
| 71 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 73 women | cop |
| 72 | with | with | ADP | _ | 73 women | case |
| 73 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 observed | obl |
| 74 | of | of | ADP | _ | 76 clans | case |
| 75 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 76 clans | amod |
| 76 | clans | clan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 73 women | nmod |
| 77 | of | of | ADP | _ | 81 family | case |
| 78 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 81 family | det |
| 79 | Darod | Darod | PROPN | Number=Sing | 81 family | compound |
| 80 | clan | clan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 81 family | compound |
| 81 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 76 clans | nmod |
| 82 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 83 Majerteen | punct |
| 83 | Majerteen | Majerteen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 81 family | appos |
| 84 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 83 Majerteen | flat |
| 85 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 86 Ogaden | punct |
| 86 | Ogaden | Ogaden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 83 Majerteen | conj |
| 87 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 86 Ogaden | flat |
| 88 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 83 Majerteen | punct |
| 89 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 observed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | observe | past | a 1954 study | 30 | for example; 89 marriages and 55 women ccomp; thus property | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for example=Theme | |||
| 2 | contract | participle | 89 marriages and 55 women not said here | by men of the Dhulbahante clan | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | is | past | a 1954 study not said here | with 55 women; of Dhulbahante sub-clans | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | be | past | with women of surrounding clans of other clan families | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | is | past | with 3 women; of other clans of the Darod clan family | tree rules |
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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