Moldova, sentence 351
From Wikipedia, «Moldova», 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.
However, there are indications that the invasion of Ukraine and the country's moves towards accession to the European Union may have led to a rise in the number of Moldovan emigrants returning to their country of birth, seeking to help the country join the EU.
Who acts: indications, Moldovan emigrants, country · What happens: be, lead, return, seek, help, join · To what, where: indications, rise, country, EU, Ukraine
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Moldova». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (indications, Moldovan emigrants, country), 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 | However | however | ADV | _ | 4 are | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 However | punct |
| 3 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 4 are | expl |
| 4 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 join | advcl |
| 5 | indications | indication | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 join | nsubj |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 led | nsubj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 invasion | det |
| 8 | invasion | invasion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 led | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Ukraine | case |
| 10 | Ukraine | Ukraine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 invasion | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 moves | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 country | det |
| 13 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 moves | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 country | case |
| 15 | moves | move | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 invasion | conj |
| 16 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 17 accession | case |
| 17 | accession | accession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 moves | nmod |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 Union | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Union | det |
| 20 | European | European | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Union | compound |
| 21 | Union | Union | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 accession | nmod |
| 22 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 led | aux |
| 23 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 24 led | aux |
| 24 | led | lead | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 indications | acl:relcl |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 rise | case |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 rise | det |
| 27 | rise | rise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 led | obl |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 number | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 number | det |
| 30 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 rise | nmod |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 emigrants | case |
| 32 | Moldovan | moldovan | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 emigrants | amod |
| 33 | emigrants | emigrant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 number | nmod |
| 34 | returning | return | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 33 emigrants | acl |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 37 country | case |
| 36 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 country | nmod:poss |
| 37 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 returning | obl |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 birth | case |
| 39 | birth | birth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 country | nmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 seeking | punct |
| 41 | seeking | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 34 returning | conj |
| 42 | to | to | PART | _ | 43 help | mark |
| 43 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 seeking | xcomp |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 country | det |
| 45 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 help | obj |
| 46 | join | join | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 EU | det |
| 48 | EU | EU | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 join | obj |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 46 join | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | indications not said here | there | however property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | lead | may · perfect · passive | indications | a rise in the number of Moldovan emigrants | the invasion of Ukraine and the country's moves towards accession to the European Union nsubj:pass | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to rise=Destination | |||
| 3 | return | gerund | Moldovan emigrants not said here | to country's country of birth result | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to country=Result | ||||
| 4 | seek | gerund | Moldovan emigrants not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | help not said to happen | to-infinitive | Moldovan emigrants not said here | the country | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Beneficiary | ||||
| 6 | join | present | indications | the EU | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eu=Patient | ||||
| 7 | invade | Ukraine | nom invasion «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 8 | move | the country | towards accession to the European Union | nom move «act intransitive»: poss=agent towards=obl |
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, «Moldova», 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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