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title: The city's most important historical buildings include the Catedral… — Santo Domingo · tree and pragmatics
description: The city's most important historical buildings include the Catedral Santa María La Menor, the first cathedral of the Americas, which states its distinction; the Alcázar de Colón, the first castle in the Americas, once the residence of Viceroy of the Indies Don Diego Colón, a son of Christopher Colum
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# Santo Domingo, sentence 85

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The city's most important historical buildings include the Catedral Santa María La Menor, the first cathedral of the Americas, which states its distinction; the Alcázar de Colón, the first castle in the Americas, once the residence of Viceroy of the Indies Don Diego Colón, a son of Christopher Columbus; the Monasterio de San Francisco, the ruins of the first monastery in the Americas; the Museo de las Casas Reales, in a monumental complex that includes the former Palace of the Governors and the building of the former Royal Audiencia of Santo Domingo; the Fortaleza Ozama, is one of the surviving sections of the Walls of Santo Domingo, which is the oldest military construction of European origin in the Americas; the Pantéon Nacional, a former Jesuit edifice now hosting the remains of various renowned Dominicans; and the Dominican Convent, the first convent in the Americas.

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**Who acts:** important historical buildings, first cathedral, Museo, monumental complex, Santo, former Jesuit edifice · **What happens:** include, state, la, be, survive, host · **To what, where:** Catedral Santa, distinction, Casas, monumental complex, former Palace, one

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Santo Domingo». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (important historical buildings, first cathedral, Museo, monumental complex), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:Santo_Domingo:85
# text = The city's most important historical buildings include the Catedral Santa María La Menor, the first cathedral of the Americas, which states its distinction; the Alcázar de Colón, the first castle in the Americas, once the residence of Viceroy of the Indies Don Diego Colón, a son of Christopher Columbus; the Monasterio de San Francisco, the ruins of the first monastery in the Americas; the Museo de las Casas Reales, in a monumental complex that includes the former Palace of the Governors and the building of the former Royal Audiencia of Santo Domingo; the Fortaleza Ozama, is one of the surviving sections of the Walls of Santo Domingo, which is the oldest military construction of European origin in the Americas; the Pantéon Nacional, a former Jesuit edifice now hosting the remains of various renowned Dominicans; and the Dominican Convent, the first convent in the Americas.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	historical	historical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	buildings	building	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	include	include	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Catedral	Catedral	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Santa	Santa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	María	María	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	La	La	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	Menor	Menor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	18	amod	_	_
18	cathedral	cathedral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	Americas	AMERICAS	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	24	nsubj	_	_
24	states	state	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	acl:relcl	_	_
25	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	distinction	distinction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	31	punct	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
29	Alcázar	Alcázar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	compound	_	_
30	de	de	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	flat	_	_
31	Colón	Colón	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	35	amod	_	_
35	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	appos	_	_
36	in	in	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	Americas	AMERICAS	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
40	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	residence	residence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	appos	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	Viceroy	Viceroy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	Indies	Indy	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	42	nmod	_	_
48	Don	Don	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	list	_	_
49	Diego	Diego	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	flat	_	_
50	Colón	Colón	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
52	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	appos	_	_
54	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	Christopher	Christopher	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	nmod	_	_
56	Columbus	Columbus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	55	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	61	punct	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
59	Monasterio	Monasterio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	compound	_	_
60	de	de	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	59	flat	_	_
61	San	San	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	parataxis	_	_
62	Francisco	Francisco	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
65	ruins	ruin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	61	appos	_	_
66	of	of	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
68	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	69	amod	_	_
69	monastery	monastery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	nmod	_	_
70	in	in	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
71	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
72	Americas	AMERICAS	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	69	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	77	punct	_	_
74	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	75	det	_	_
75	Museo	Museo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	77	nsubj	_	_
76	de	de	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	75	flat	_	_
77	las	la	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
78	Casas	Casas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	77	obj	_	_
79	Reales	Reales	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	78	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
80	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	84	punct	_	_
81	in	in	ADP	IN	_	84	case	_	_
82	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	84	det	_	_
83	monumental	monumental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	84	amod	_	_
84	complex	complex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	77	obl	_	_
85	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	86	nsubj	_	_
86	includes	include	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	84	acl:relcl	_	_
87	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	89	det	_	_
88	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	89	amod	_	_
89	Palace	Palace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	86	obj	_	_
90	of	of	ADP	IN	_	92	case	_	_
91	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	92	det	_	_
92	Governors	Governor	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	89	nmod	_	_
93	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	95	cc	_	_
94	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	95	det	_	_
95	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	92	conj	_	_
96	of	of	ADP	IN	_	100	case	_	_
97	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	100	det	_	_
98	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	100	amod	_	_
99	Royal	Royal	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	100	amod	_	_
100	Audiencia	Audiencia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	95	nmod	_	_
101	of	of	ADP	IN	_	102	case	_	_
102	Santo	Santo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	100	nmod	_	_
103	Domingo	Domingo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	102	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
104	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	107	punct	_	_
105	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	107	det	_	_
106	Fortaleza	Fortaleza	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	107	compound	_	_
107	Ozama	Ozama	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
108	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	110	punct	_	_
109	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	110	cop	_	_
110	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	107	appos	_	_
111	of	of	ADP	IN	_	114	case	_	_
112	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	114	det	_	_
113	surviving	survive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	114	amod	_	_
114	sections	section	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	110	nmod	_	_
115	of	of	ADP	IN	_	117	case	_	_
116	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	117	det	_	_
117	Walls	Wall	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	114	nmod	_	_
118	of	of	ADP	IN	_	119	case	_	_
119	Santo	Santo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	117	nmod	_	_
120	Domingo	Domingo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	119	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
121	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	127	punct	_	_
122	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	127	nsubj	_	_
123	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	127	cop	_	_
124	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	127	det	_	_
125	oldest	old	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	127	amod	_	_
126	military	military	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	127	amod	_	_
127	construction	construction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	119	appos	_	_
128	of	of	ADP	IN	_	130	case	_	_
129	European	European	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	130	amod	_	_
130	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	127	nmod	_	_
131	in	in	ADP	IN	_	133	case	_	_
132	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	133	det	_	_
133	Americas	AMERICAS	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	130	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
134	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	137	punct	_	_
135	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	137	det	_	_
136	Pantéon	Pantéon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	137	compound	_	_
137	Nacional	Nacional	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	110	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
138	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	142	punct	_	_
139	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	142	det	_	_
140	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	142	amod	_	_
141	Jesuit	Jesuit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	142	compound	_	_
142	edifice	edifice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	137	appos	_	_
143	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	142	advmod	_	_
144	hosting	host	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	142	acl	_	_
145	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	146	det	_	_
146	remains	remains	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	144	obj	_	_
147	of	of	ADP	IN	_	150	case	_	_
148	various	various	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	150	amod	_	_
149	renowned	renowned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	150	amod	_	_
150	Dominicans	Dominican	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	146	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
151	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	152	punct	_	_
152	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
153	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	155	det	_	_
154	Dominican	Dominican	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	155	compound	_	_
155	Convent	Convent	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	152	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
156	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	159	punct	_	_
157	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	159	det	_	_
158	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	159	amod	_	_
159	convent	convent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	155	appos	_	_
160	in	in	ADP	IN	_	162	case	_	_
161	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	162	det	_	_
162	Americas	AMERICAS	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	159	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
163	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **include** | present | the city's important historical buildings | the Catedral Santa and María La |  |  |  | the Alcázar Colón *parataxis*; the Monasterio San *parataxis*; the Fortaleza Ozama *parataxis* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent santa=Theme |
| 2 | **state** *speech: other* | present | the first cathedral of the Americas | cathedral's distinction |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent distinction=Topic |
| 3 | **la** | past | the Museo | Casas |  | a monumental complex |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **include** | present | a monumental complex | the former Palace of the Governors and the building of the former Royal Audiencia of Santo |  |  |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Theme |
| 5 | **is a** | present |  | one |  |  |  | of the surviving sections of the Walls of Santo; the Pantéon Nacional *appos* | tree rules |
| 6 | **survive** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **is a** | present | Santo | the oldest military construction |  |  |  | of European origin in the Americas | tree rules |
| 8 | **host** | gerund | a former Jesuit edifice *not said here* | the remains of various renowned Dominicans |  |  |  |  | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remains=Beneficiary |
| 9 | **distinguish** |  | cathedral |  |  |  |  |  | nom distinction «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
| 10 | **ruin** |  |  | the first monastery in the Americas |  |  |  |  | nom ruin «state transitive»: of=patient |
| 11 | **section** |  |  | the Walls of Santo |  |  |  |  | nom section «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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