Yerevan, sentence 56
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Archaeological evidence, such as a cuneiform inscription, indicates that the Urartian military fortress of Erebuni was founded in 782 BC by the orders of King Argishti I at the site of modern-day Yerevan, to serve as a fort and citadel guarding against attacks from the north Caucasus.
Who acts: Archaeological evidence, orders, fort · What happens: indicate, found, serve, guard, order · To what, where: Urartian military fortress, 782, Archaeological evidence, King Argishti
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Yerevan». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Archaeological evidence, orders, fort), 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 | Archaeological | archaeological | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 evidence | amod |
| 2 | evidence | evidence | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 inscription | punct |
| 4 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 8 inscription | case |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 4 such | fixed |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 inscription | det |
| 7 | cuneiform | cuneiform | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 inscription | compound |
| 8 | inscription | inscription | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 evidence | appos |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 indicates | punct |
| 10 | indicates | indicate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 evidence | acl |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 19 founded | mark |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 fortress | det |
| 13 | Urartian | urartian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 fortress | amod |
| 14 | military | military | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 fortress | amod |
| 15 | fortress | fortress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 founded | nsubj:pass |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 Erebuni | case |
| 17 | Erebuni | Erebuni | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 fortress | nmod |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 founded | aux:pass |
| 19 | founded | found | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 indicates | ccomp |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 782 | case |
| 21 | 782 | 782 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 19 founded | obl |
| 22 | BC | BC | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 782 | nmod:unmarked |
| 23 | by | by | ADP | _ | 25 orders | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 orders | det |
| 25 | orders | order | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 founded | obl |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 Argishti | case |
| 27 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 Argishti | compound |
| 28 | Argishti | Argishti | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 orders | nmod |
| 29 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 orders | conj |
| 30 | at | at | ADP | _ | 32 site | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 site | det |
| 32 | site | site | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 I | nmod |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 day | case |
| 34 | modern | modern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 day | amod |
| 35 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 34 modern | punct |
| 36 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 site | nmod |
| 37 | Yerevan | Yerevan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 day | appos |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 serve | punct |
| 39 | to | to | PART | _ | 40 serve | mark |
| 40 | serve | serve | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 Yerevan | parataxis |
| 41 | as | as | ADP | _ | 43 fort | case |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 fort | det |
| 43 | fort | fort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 serve | obl |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 citadel | cc |
| 45 | citadel | citadel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 fort | conj |
| 46 | guarding | guard | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 43 fort | acl |
| 47 | against | against | ADP | _ | 48 attacks | case |
| 48 | attacks | attack | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 guarding | obl |
| 49 | from | from | ADP | _ | 51 north | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 north | det |
| 51 | north | north | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 attacks | nmod |
| 52 | Caucasus | Caucasus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 north | appos |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 evidence | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | indicate | present | Archaeological evidence not said here | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | found | past · passive | the orders of King Argishti I | the Urartian military fortress of Erebuni | 782 BC | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | |||
| 3 | serve | to-infinitive | as a fort and citadel | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as fort=Attribute | |||||
| 4 | guard | gerund | a fort and citadel not said here | against attacks from the north | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent against attack=Theme | ||||
| 6 | order | King Argishti | nom order «communication 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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