Tbilisi, sentence 16
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In addition, the Georgian-language form Ṭpilisi was modernized on the basis of a proposal by Georgian linguists; the ancient Georgian component ტფილი (ṭpili, 'warm') was replaced by the newer თბილი (tbili).
Who acts: Georgian linguists, newer თბილი · What happens: modernize, replace · To what, where: Georgian language form, addition, ancient Georgian component ტფილი
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Tbilisi». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Georgian linguists, newer თბილი), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 addition | case |
| 2 | addition | addition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 modernized | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 addition | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 form | det |
| 5 | Georgian | georgian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 form | amod |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 Georgian | punct |
| 7 | language | language | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 form | compound |
| 8 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 modernized | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | Ṭpilisi | Ṭpilisi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 form | appos |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 modernized | aux:pass |
| 11 | modernized | modernize | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 basis | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 basis | det |
| 14 | basis | basis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 modernized | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 proposal | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 proposal | det |
| 17 | proposal | proposal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 basis | nmod |
| 18 | by | by | ADP | _ | 20 linguists | case |
| 19 | Georgian | georgian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 linguists | amod |
| 20 | linguists | linguist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 modernized | obl |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 replaced | punct |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 ტფილი | det |
| 23 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 ტფილი | amod |
| 24 | Georgian | georgian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 ტფილი | amod |
| 25 | component | component | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 ტფილი | compound |
| 26 | ტფილი | ტფილი | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 replaced | nsubj:pass |
| 27 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 28 ṭpili | punct |
| 28 | ṭpili | ṭpili | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 ტფილი | appos |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 warm | punct |
| 30 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 31 warm | punct |
| 31 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 ṭpili | appos |
| 32 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 31 warm | punct |
| 33 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 28 ṭpili | punct |
| 34 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 replaced | aux:pass |
| 35 | replaced | replace | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 modernized | conj |
| 36 | by | by | ADP | _ | 39 თბილი | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 თბილი | det |
| 38 | newer | new | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 39 თბილი | amod |
| 39 | თბილი | თბილი | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 replaced | obl |
| 40 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 41 tbili | punct |
| 41 | tbili | tbili | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 თბილი | appos |
| 42 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 41 tbili | punct |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 modernized | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | modernize | past · passive | Georgian linguists | the Georgian language form | addition | on the basis of a proposal | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ||
| 2 | replace | past · passive | the newer თბილი | the ancient Georgian component ტფილი | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme |
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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