Nepal, sentence 253
From Wikipedia, «Nepal», 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.
Nepal was one of the first countries to recognise an independent Bangladesh, and the two countries seek to enhance greater cooperation, on trade and water management; seaports in Bangladesh, being closer, are seen as viable alternatives to India's monopoly on Nepal's third-country trade.
Who acts: Nepal, two countries · What happens: be, recognise, seek, enhance, see, trade · To what, where: one, independent Bangladesh, greater cooperation, seaports, country trade
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Nepal». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Nepal, two countries), 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 | Nepal | Nepal | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 one | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 one | cop |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 countries | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 countries | det |
| 6 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 countries | amod |
| 7 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 one | nmod |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 recognise | mark |
| 9 | recognise | recognise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 countries | acl |
| 10 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 Bangladesh | det |
| 11 | independent | independent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 Bangladesh | amod |
| 12 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 recognise | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 seek | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 seek | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 countries | det |
| 16 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 countries | nummod |
| 17 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 seek | nsubj |
| 18 | seek | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 one | conj |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 enhance | mark |
| 20 | enhance | enhance | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 seek | xcomp |
| 21 | greater | great | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 22 cooperation | amod |
| 22 | cooperation | cooperation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 enhance | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 trade | punct |
| 24 | on | on | ADP | _ | 25 trade | case |
| 25 | trade | trade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 cooperation | conj |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 management | cc |
| 27 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 management | compound |
| 28 | management | management | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 cooperation | conj |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 seaports | punct |
| 30 | seaports | seaport | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 seen | nsubj:pass |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 Bangladesh | case |
| 32 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 seaports | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 closer | punct |
| 34 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 35 closer | cop |
| 35 | closer | close | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 30 seaports | appos |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 closer | punct |
| 37 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 seen | aux:pass |
| 38 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 seek | parataxis |
| 39 | as | as | ADP | _ | 41 alternatives | case |
| 40 | viable | viable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 alternatives | amod |
| 41 | alternatives | alternative | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 seen | obl |
| 42 | to | to | ADP | _ | 45 monopoly | case |
| 43 | India | India | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 monopoly | nmod:poss |
| 44 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 43 India | case |
| 45 | monopoly | monopoly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 seen | obl |
| 46 | on | on | ADP | _ | 52 trade | case |
| 47 | Nepal | Nepal | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 trade | nmod:poss |
| 48 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 47 Nepal | case |
| 49 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 51 country | amod |
| 50 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 49 third | punct |
| 51 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 trade | compound |
| 52 | trade | trade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 seen | obl |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 one | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Nepal | one | of the first countries | tree rules | |||
| 2 | recognise | to-infinitive | Nepal not said here | a independent Bangladesh | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bangladesh=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | seek | present | the two countries | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | enhance not said to happen | to-infinitive | the two countries not said here | greater cooperation and trade and water management | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent cooperation=Patient | ||||
| 5 | is | gerund | close property | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | see | present · passive | seaports in Bangladesh | Nepal's country trade | as viable alternatives; to India's monopoly | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as alternative=Attribute | |||
| 7 | trade | Nepal | nom trade «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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, «Nepal», 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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