Cyprus, sentence 228
From Wikipedia, «Cyprus», 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 Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus occupies the northern third (34.85%), and the United Nations-controlled Green Line provides a buffer zone that separates the two and covers 2.67% of the island.
Who acts: Turkish Republic, controlled Green Line, buffer zone · What happens: occupy, control, provide, separate, cover · To what, where: northern third, United Nations, two
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Cyprus». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Turkish Republic, controlled Green Line, buffer zone), 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 Republic | det |
| 2 | Turkish | Turkish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Republic | amod |
| 3 | Republic | Republic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 occupies | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Cyprus | case |
| 5 | Northern | Northern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Cyprus | amod |
| 6 | Cyprus | Cyprus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Republic | nmod |
| 7 | occupies | occupy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 third | det |
| 9 | northern | northern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 third | amod |
| 10 | third | third | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 occupies | obj |
| 11 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 13 % | punct |
| 12 | 34.85 | 34.85 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 % | nummod |
| 13 | % | % | SYM | Number=Sing | 10 third | appos |
| 14 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 13 % | punct |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 provides | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 provides | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Nations | det |
| 18 | United | United | PROPN | _ | 19 Nations | compound |
| 19 | Nations | Nation | PROPN | Number=Plur | 24 provides | obl |
| 20 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 19 Nations | punct |
| 21 | controlled | control | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 Line | amod |
| 22 | Green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 Line | amod |
| 23 | Line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 provides | nsubj |
| 24 | provides | provide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 occupies | conj |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 zone | det |
| 26 | buffer | buffer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 zone | compound |
| 27 | zone | zone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 provides | obj |
| 28 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 separates | nsubj |
| 29 | separates | separate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 zone | acl:relcl |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 two | det |
| 31 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 29 separates | obj |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 covers | cc |
| 33 | covers | cover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 separates | conj |
| 34 | 2.67 | 2.67 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 35 % | nummod |
| 35 | % | % | SYM | Number=Sing | 33 covers | obj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 island | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 island | det |
| 38 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 % | nmod |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 occupies | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | occupy | present | the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | the northern third | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus third=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | control | participle | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | provide | present | controlled Green Line | the United Nations | a buffer zone obj | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition zone=Theme | |||
| 4 | separate | present | a buffer zone | the two | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Patient | ||||
| 5 | cover | present | a buffer zone not said here | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme %=Destination |
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, «Cyprus», 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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