South Africa, sentence 158
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The south and south-western parts of the plateau (at approximately 1,100–1,800 m above sea level) and the adjoining plain below (at approximately 700–800 m above sea levelsee map on the right) are together known as the Great Karoo, which consists of sparsely populated shrubland.
Who acts: Great Karoo · What happens: adjoin, know, consist, populate · To what, where: south
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «South Africa». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Great Karoo), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 south | det |
| 2 | south | south | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 known | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 parts | cc |
| 4 | south | south | ADV | _ | 7 parts | advmod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 south | punct |
| 6 | western | western | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 parts | amod |
| 7 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 south | conj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 plateau | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 plateau | det |
| 10 | plateau | plateau | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 parts | nmod |
| 11 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 17 m | punct |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 m | case |
| 13 | approximately | approximately | ADV | _ | 14 1,100 | advmod |
| 14 | 1,100 | 1,100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 17 m | nummod |
| 15 | – | – | SYM | ExtPos=ADP | 16 1,800 | case |
| 16 | 1,800 | 1,800 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 14 1,100 | nmod |
| 17 | m | m | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 parts | appos |
| 18 | above | above | ADP | _ | 20 level | case |
| 19 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 level | compound |
| 20 | level | level | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 m | nmod |
| 21 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 17 m | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 plain | cc |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 plain | det |
| 24 | adjoining | adjoin | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 25 plain | amod |
| 25 | plain | plain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 parts | conj |
| 26 | below | below | ADV | _ | 25 plain | advmod |
| 27 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 33 m | punct |
| 28 | at | at | ADP | _ | 33 m | case |
| 29 | approximately | approximately | ADV | _ | 30 700 | advmod |
| 30 | 700 | 700 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 33 m | nummod |
| 31 | – | – | SYM | ExtPos=ADP | 32 800 | case |
| 32 | 800 | 800 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 30 700 | nmod |
| 33 | m | m | NOUN | _ | 25 plain | parataxis |
| 34 | above | above | ADP | _ | 37 map | case |
| 35 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 map | compound |
| 36 | levelsee | levelsee | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 map | amod |
| 37 | map | map | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 m | nmod |
| 38 | on | on | ADP | _ | 40 right | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 right | det |
| 40 | right | right | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 map | nmod |
| 41 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 33 m | punct |
| 42 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 known | aux:pass |
| 43 | together | together | ADV | _ | 44 known | advmod |
| 44 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 45 | as | as | ADP | _ | 48 Karoo | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 Karoo | det |
| 47 | Great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 Karoo | amod |
| 48 | Karoo | Karoo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 known | obl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 consists | punct |
| 50 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 51 consists | nsubj |
| 51 | consists | consist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 48 Karoo | acl:relcl |
| 52 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 shrubland | case |
| 53 | sparsely | sparsely | ADV | _ | 54 populated | advmod |
| 54 | populated | populate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 55 shrubland | amod |
| 55 | shrubland | shrubland | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 consists | obl |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 44 known | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | adjoin | gerund | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | know | present · passive | the south and western parts of the plateau and the adjoining plain at 700 m above sea levelsee map on the right | as the Great Karoo; together property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as karoo=Attribute | ||||
| 3 | consist | present | the Great Karoo | of populated shrubland | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | populate | participle | sparsely property | 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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