--- title: Although in Catalan the word vella (like French vieille) is derived… — Andorra la Vella · tree and pragmatics description: Although in Catalan the word vella (like French vieille) is derived from the Latin word vetula which means "old", the Vella here (like French ville and Catalan vila) is derived from the Latin word villa, meaning "city". Who acts: Latin word vetula. 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Although in Catalan the word vella (like French vieille) is derived from the Latin word vetula which means "old", the Vella here (like French ville and Catalan vila) is derived from the Latin word villa, meaning "city". **Who acts:** Latin word vetula · **What happens:** derive, mean · **To what, where:** word vella, Latin word vetula, Latin word villa, city This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Andorra la Vella». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Latin word vetula), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = wikipedia:Andorra_la_Vella:9 # text = Although in Catalan the word vella (like French vieille) is derived from the Latin word vetula which means "old", the Vella here (like French ville and Catalan vila) is derived from the Latin word villa, meaning "city". 1 Although although SCONJ IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Catalan Catalan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 vella vella NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 like like ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 French French ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 vieille vieille NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 10 punct _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 derived derive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 Latin Latin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 vetula vetula NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Vella Vella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 27 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 28 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 like like ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 French French ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 ville ville NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 Catalan Catalan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 vila vila NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 34 punct _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 derived derive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 Latin Latin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 41 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 villa villa NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 meaning mean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 45 " " PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **derive** | present · passive | | the word vella | | the Latin word vetula; here | | although Catalan; the Vella *obl* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from vetula=Material | | 2 | **mean** | present | the Latin word vetula | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **derive** | present · passive | | | | the Latin word villa | | like French ville and Catalan vila | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: from villa=Material | | 4 | **mean** | gerund | | city | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Topic | 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, «Andorra la Vella», 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. - ← previous: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Andorra_la_Vella/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Andorra_la_Vella/10/) - ↑ back to [Andorra la Vella](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Andorra_la_Vella/)