Tunis, sentence 261
From Wikipedia, «Tunis», 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.
But east of the original nucleus, first with the construction of the French Consulate, the modern city was built gradually with the introduction of the French protectorate at the end of the 19th century, on open land between the city and the lake.
Who acts: construction · What happens: build, construct, introduce · To what, where: modern city, end, east, French Consulate, French protectorate
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Tunis». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (construction), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 2 east | cc |
| 2 | east | east | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 nucleus | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 nucleus | det |
| 5 | original | original | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 nucleus | amod |
| 6 | nucleus | nucleus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 east | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 construction | punct |
| 8 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 11 construction | advmod |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 construction | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 construction | det |
| 11 | construction | construction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 nucleus | conj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 Consulate | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Consulate | det |
| 14 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 Consulate | amod |
| 15 | Consulate | consulate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 construction | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 built | punct |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 city | det |
| 18 | modern | modern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 city | amod |
| 19 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 built | nsubj:pass |
| 20 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 built | aux:pass |
| 21 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 construction | acl |
| 22 | gradually | gradually | ADV | _ | 21 built | advmod |
| 23 | with | with | ADP | _ | 25 introduction | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 introduction | det |
| 25 | introduction | introduction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 built | obl |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 protectorate | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 protectorate | det |
| 28 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 protectorate | amod |
| 29 | protectorate | protectorate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 introduction | nmod |
| 30 | at | at | ADP | _ | 32 end | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 end | det |
| 32 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 built | obl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 century | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 century | det |
| 35 | 19th | 19th | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 36 century | amod |
| 36 | century | century | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 end | nmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 land | punct |
| 38 | on | on | ADP | _ | 40 land | case |
| 39 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 land | amod |
| 40 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 built | obl |
| 41 | between | between | ADP | _ | 43 city | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 city | det |
| 43 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 land | nmod |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 lake | cc |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 lake | det |
| 46 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 city | conj |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 east | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build | past · passive | the construction of the French Consulate not said here | the modern city | at the end of the 19th century | with the introduction of the French protectorate; on open land between the city and the lake; gradually property | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme with introduction=Source | ||
| 3 | construct | the French Consulate | nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 4 | introduce | the French protectorate | nom introduction «act transitive»: of=patient |
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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