Trinidad and Tobago, sentence 11
From Wikipedia, «Trinidad and Tobago», revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, CC BY-SA 4.0. The trees and pragmatics of these pages, Mova's parse of that text, are CC BY-SA 4.0 too.
Trinidad and Tobago is well known for its African and Indian Caribbean cultures, reflected in its large and famous Trinidad and Tobago Carnival, Hosay, and Diwali celebrations, as well as being the birthplace of the steelpan, the limbo, and musical styles such as calypso, soca, rapso, chutney music, and chutney soca.
Who acts: Diwali celebrations · What happens: know, reflect, be, soca · To what, where: Trinidad, African Caribbean cultures, large Trinidad, birthplace
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Trinidad and Tobago». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Diwali celebrations), 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 | Trinidad | trinidad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 known | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 Tobago | cc |
| 3 | Tobago | Tobago | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Trinidad | conj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 known | aux:pass |
| 5 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 known | advmod |
| 6 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 cultures | case |
| 8 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 cultures | nmod:poss |
| 9 | African | African | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 cultures | amod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 Indian | cc |
| 11 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 African | conj |
| 12 | Caribbean | caribbean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 cultures | amod |
| 13 | cultures | culture | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 known | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 reflected | punct |
| 15 | reflected | reflect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 cultures | acl |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 Trinidad | case |
| 17 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 Trinidad | nmod:poss |
| 18 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 Trinidad | amod |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 famous | cc |
| 20 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 large | conj |
| 21 | Trinidad | Trinidad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 reflected | obl |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 Tobago | cc |
| 23 | Tobago | Tobago | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Trinidad | conj |
| 24 | Carnival | Carnival | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 Tobago | flat |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 Hosay | punct |
| 26 | Hosay | Hosay | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Trinidad | conj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 soca | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 61 soca | cc |
| 29 | Diwali | diwali | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 celebrations | amod |
| 30 | celebrations | celebration | NOUN | Number=Plur | 61 soca | nsubj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 birthplace | punct |
| 32 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=CCONJ | 37 birthplace | cc |
| 33 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 32 as | fixed |
| 34 | as | as | ADP | _ | 32 as | fixed |
| 35 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 37 birthplace | cop |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 birthplace | det |
| 37 | birthplace | birthplace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 celebrations | conj |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 steelpan | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 steelpan | det |
| 40 | steelpan | steelpan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 birthplace | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 limbo | punct |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 limbo | det |
| 43 | limbo | limbo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 steelpan | conj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 styles | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 styles | cc |
| 46 | musical | musical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 styles | amod |
| 47 | styles | style | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 birthplace | appos |
| 48 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 50 calypso | case |
| 49 | as | as | ADP | _ | 48 such | fixed |
| 50 | calypso | calypso | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 styles | nmod |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 soca | punct |
| 52 | soca | soca | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 calypso | conj |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 rapso | punct |
| 54 | rapso | rapso | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 calypso | conj |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 music | punct |
| 56 | chutney | chutney | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 music | compound |
| 57 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 calypso | conj |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 soca | punct |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 61 soca | cc |
| 60 | chutney | chutney | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 soca | compound |
| 61 | soca | soca | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 known | obl |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 known | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present · passive | Trinidad and Tobago | for country's African Caribbean cultures; well property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | reflect | participle | country's African Caribbean cultures not said here | country's large Trinidad and Tobago and Hosay | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is a | gerund | Diwali celebrations as the birthplace not said here | the birthplace | of the steelpan and the limbo; musical styles such calypso and soca and rapso and chutney music appos | tree rules | |||
| 4 | soca | Diwali celebrations as the birthplace | 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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