Tuvalu, sentence 352
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The Tuvaluan language has borrowed from the Samoan language, as a consequence of Christian missionaries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries being predominantly Samoan.
What happens: borrow, be · To what, where: Tuvaluan language, Samoan language, Samoan
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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 | 3 language | det |
| 2 | Tuvaluan | Tuvaluan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 language | compound |
| 3 | language | language | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 borrowed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 borrowed | aux |
| 5 | borrowed | borrow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 language | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 language | det |
| 8 | Samoan | samoan | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 language | amod |
| 9 | language | language | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 borrowed | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 consequence | punct |
| 11 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 consequence | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 consequence | det |
| 13 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 borrowed | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 missionaries | case |
| 15 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 missionaries | amod |
| 16 | missionaries | missionary | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 consequence | nmod |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 centuries | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 centuries | det |
| 19 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 centuries | amod |
| 20 | 19th | 19th | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 24 centuries | amod |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 early | cc |
| 22 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 19th | conj |
| 23 | 20th | 20th | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 24 centuries | amod |
| 24 | centuries | century | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 Samoan | obl |
| 25 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 27 Samoan | cop |
| 26 | predominantly | predominantly | ADV | _ | 27 Samoan | advmod |
| 27 | Samoan | Samoan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 missionaries | nmod |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 borrowed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | borrow | present · perfect · passive | the Tuvaluan language | the Samoan language | as a consequence of Christian missionaries | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from language=Source | |||
| 2 | is a | gerund | Samoan | century | predominantly property | 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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