United Kingdom, sentence 54
From Wikipedia, «United Kingdom», 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.
The English monarchs, through inheritance of substantial territories in France and claims to the French crown, were also heavily involved in conflicts in France, most notably the Hundred Years' War, while the Kings of Scots were in an alliance with the French during this period.
Who acts: English monarchs, Kings · What happens: claim, be, inherit · To what, where: French crown, conflicts, alliance, substantial territories
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «United Kingdom». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (English monarchs, Kings), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 monarchs | det |
| 2 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 monarchs | amod |
| 3 | monarchs | monarch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 involved | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 inheritance | punct |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 6 inheritance | case |
| 6 | inheritance | inheritance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 monarchs | conj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 territories | case |
| 8 | substantial | substantial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 territories | amod |
| 9 | territories | territory | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 inheritance | nmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 France | case |
| 11 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 territories | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 claims | cc |
| 13 | claims | claim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 France | conj |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 crown | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 crown | det |
| 16 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 crown | amod |
| 17 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 claims | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 monarchs | punct |
| 19 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 involved | cop |
| 20 | also | also | ADV | _ | 22 involved | advmod |
| 21 | heavily | heavily | ADV | _ | 22 involved | advmod |
| 22 | involved | involved | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 conflicts | case |
| 24 | conflicts | conflict | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 involved | obl |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 France | case |
| 26 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 conflicts | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 War | punct |
| 28 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 29 notably | advmod |
| 29 | notably | notably | ADV | _ | 34 War | advmod |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 Years | det |
| 31 | Hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 32 Years | nummod |
| 32 | Years | Year | PROPN | Number=Plur | 34 War | nmod:poss |
| 33 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 32 Years | case |
| 34 | War | War | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 France | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 alliance | punct |
| 36 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 44 alliance | mark |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 Kings | det |
| 38 | Kings | King | PROPN | Number=Plur | 44 alliance | nsubj |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 Scots | case |
| 40 | Scots | Scot | PROPN | Number=Plur | 38 Kings | nmod |
| 41 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 alliance | cop |
| 42 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 alliance | case |
| 43 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 alliance | det |
| 44 | alliance | alliance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 involved | conj |
| 45 | with | with | ADP | _ | 47 French | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 French | det |
| 47 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 alliance | nmod |
| 48 | during | during | ADP | _ | 50 period | case |
| 49 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 50 period | det |
| 50 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 French | obl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 22 involved | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | claim speech: other | present | the English monarchs and inheritance of substantial territories in France not said here | the French crown | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to crown=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is | past | the English monarchs and inheritance of substantial territories in France | conflicts in France and the Hundred Years's War | heavily, involved property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | is | past | the Kings of Scots | a alliance | with the French during this period | tree rules | |||
| 4 | inherit | substantial territories in France | nom inheritance «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.
Text: the English Wikipedia, «United Kingdom», revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, CC BY-SA 4.0. Tree: Mova's own parse, CC BY-SA 4.0 as the text is. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the article read in order, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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