Ethiopia, sentence 247
From Wikipedia, «Ethiopia», 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 House of Federation is chosen by the regional councils whereas MPs of the HoPR are elected directly, in turn, they elect the president for a six-year term and the prime minister for a 5-year term.
Who acts: regional councils, MPs · What happens: choose, elect · To what, where: House, MPs, president
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Ethiopia». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (regional councils, MPs), 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 | 2 House | det |
| 2 | House | House | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 chosen | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Federation | case |
| 4 | Federation | Federation | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 House | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 chosen | aux:pass |
| 6 | chosen | choose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 councils | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 councils | det |
| 9 | regional | regional | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 councils | amod |
| 10 | councils | council | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 chosen | obl |
| 11 | whereas | whereas | SCONJ | _ | 17 elected | mark |
| 12 | MPs | mp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 elected | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 HoPR | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 HoPR | det |
| 15 | HoPR | hopr | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 MPs | nmod |
| 16 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 elected | aux:pass |
| 17 | elected | elect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 chosen | conj |
| 18 | directly | directly | ADV | _ | 17 elected | advmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 turn | punct |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 turn | case |
| 21 | turn | turn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 elected | parataxis |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 elect | punct |
| 23 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 elect | nsubj |
| 24 | elect | elect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 chosen | parataxis |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 president | det |
| 26 | president | president | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 elect | obj |
| 27 | for | for | ADP | _ | 32 term | case |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 term | det |
| 29 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 31 year | nummod |
| 30 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 29 six | punct |
| 31 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 term | compound |
| 32 | term | term | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 elect | obl |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 minister | cc |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 minister | det |
| 35 | prime | prime | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 minister | amod |
| 36 | minister | minister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 term | conj |
| 37 | for | for | ADP | _ | 42 term | case |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 term | det |
| 39 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 41 year | nummod |
| 40 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 39 5 | punct |
| 41 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 term | compound |
| 42 | term | term | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 minister | nmod |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 chosen | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choose | present · passive | the regional councils | the House of Federation | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | elect | present · passive | MPs of the HoPR | turn parataxis; directly property | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | elect | present | MPs = mp | the president | for a year term and the prime minister for a year term | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent president=Theme |
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, «Ethiopia», 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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