São Tomé and Príncipe, sentence 88
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The new Portuguese regime was committed to the dissolution of its overseas colonies.
What happens: commit, dissolve · To what, where: new Portuguese regime, dissolution, overseas colonies
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 regime | det |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 regime | amod |
| 3 | Portuguese | portuguese | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 regime | amod |
| 4 | regime | regime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 committed | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 committed | aux:pass |
| 6 | committed | commit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 dissolution | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 dissolution | det |
| 9 | dissolution | dissolution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 committed | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 colonies | case |
| 11 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 colonies | nmod:poss |
| 12 | overseas | overseas | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 colonies | amod |
| 13 | colonies | colony | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 dissolution | nmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 committed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | commit | past · passive | the new Portuguese regime | the dissolution of regime's overseas colonies | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to dissolution=Destination | ||||
| 2 | dissolve | regime's overseas colonies | nom dissolution «process transitive»: of=patient |
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