Syria, sentence 295
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On 12 December 2024, a spokesman of the transitional government speaking to Agence France-Presse said that during the government's three-month term, the constitution and parliament would be suspended and that a 'judicial and human rights committee' would be established to review the constitution, prior to making amendments.
Who acts: spokesman, constitution · What happens: speak, say, suspend, establish, review, make · To what, where: Agence, 12, three month term, judicial rights committee, constitution, amendments · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Syria». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (spokesman, constitution), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 2 12 | case |
| 2 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 18 said | obl |
| 3 | December | December | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 12 | nmod:unmarked |
| 4 | 2024 | 2024 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 12 | flat |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 spokesman | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 spokesman | det |
| 7 | spokesman | spokesman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 said | nsubj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 government | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 government | det |
| 10 | transitional | transitional | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 government | amod |
| 11 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 spokesman | nmod |
| 12 | speaking | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 spokesman | acl |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 Agence | case |
| 14 | Agence | Agence | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 speaking | obl |
| 15 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Agence | flat |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 17 Presse | punct |
| 17 | Presse | Presse | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Agence | conj |
| 18 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 19 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 35 suspended | mark |
| 20 | during | during | ADP | _ | 22 government | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 government | det |
| 22 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 suspended | obl |
| 23 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 22 government | case |
| 24 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 27 term | nummod |
| 25 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 26 month | punct |
| 26 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 term | compound |
| 27 | term | term | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 suspended | nsubj:pass |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 constitution | punct |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 constitution | det |
| 30 | constitution | constitution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 suspended | nsubj:pass |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 parliament | cc |
| 32 | parliament | parliament | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 constitution | conj |
| 33 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 35 suspended | aux |
| 34 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 35 suspended | aux:pass |
| 35 | suspended | suspend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 said | ccomp |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 established | cc |
| 37 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 48 established | mark |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 committee | det |
| 39 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 40 judicial | punct |
| 40 | judicial | judicial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 committee | amod |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 human | cc |
| 42 | human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 judicial | conj |
| 43 | rights | right | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 committee | compound |
| 44 | committee | committee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 established | nsubj:pass |
| 45 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 44 committee | punct |
| 46 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 48 established | aux |
| 47 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 48 established | aux:pass |
| 48 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 suspended | conj |
| 49 | to | to | PART | _ | 50 review | mark |
| 50 | review | review | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 48 established | advcl |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 constitution | det |
| 52 | constitution | constitution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 review | obj |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 making | punct |
| 54 | prior | prior | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=SCONJ | 56 making | mark |
| 55 | to | to | ADP | _ | 54 prior | fixed |
| 56 | making | make | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 52 constitution | acl |
| 57 | amendments | amendment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 56 making | obj |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | gerund | a spokesman of the transitional government not said here | Agence and Presse | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to agence=Co-Agent | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | a spokesman of the transitional government | 12 December | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | suspend | would · passive | three month term | during the government | the constitution and parliament nsubj:pass | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 4 | establish | would · passive | a judicial rights committee | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 5 | review | to-infinitive | the constitution | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent constitution=Theme | |||||
| 6 | make | gerund | the constitution not said here | amendments | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset amendment=Product |
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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