Pretoria, sentence 276

From Wikipedia, «Pretoria», 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 Old Synagogue on Paul Kruger Street was purchased by the government in 1952 to become the new home of the High Court where prominent opposition figures in the Anti-Apartheid Movement were tried, including Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, and 26 others were prosecuted for treason from 1 August 1958 to 29 March 1961; the Rivonia Trial was held there in 1963–1964.

Who acts: government · What happens: purchase, become, try, prosecute, hold · To what, where: Old Synagogue, 1952, new home, prominent opposition figures, 26 others, Rivonia Trial

This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Pretoria». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (government), 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 Synagogue	det
2	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Synagogue	amod
3	Synagogue	synagogue	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 purchased	nsubj:pass
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 Paul	case
5	Paul	Paul	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Synagogue	nmod
6	Kruger	Kruger	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Paul	flat
7	Street	Street	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Kruger	flat
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 purchased	aux:pass
9	purchased	purchase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 government	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 government	det
12	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 purchased	obl:agent
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 1952	case
14	1952	1952	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 purchased	obl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 become	mark
16	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 purchased	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 home	det
18	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 home	amod
19	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 become	xcomp
20	of	of	ADP	_	23 Court	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 Court	det
22	High	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 Court	amod
23	Court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 home	nmod
24	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	33 tried	advmod
25	prominent	prominent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 figures	amod
26	opposition	opposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 figures	compound
27	figures	figure	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 tried	nsubj
28	in	in	ADP	_	31 Movement	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 Movement	det
30	Anti-Apartheid	Anti-Apartheid	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 Movement	compound
31	Movement	Movement	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 figures	nmod
32	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 tried	aux:pass
33	tried	try	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 Court	acl:relcl
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 Mandela	punct
35	including	including	ADP	_	37 Mandela	case
36	Nelson	Nelson	PROPN	Number=Sing	37 Mandela	compound
37	Mandela	Mandela	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 tried	obj
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 Walter	punct
39	Walter	Walter	PROPN	Number=Sing	37 Mandela	conj
40	Sisulu	Sisulu	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 Walter	flat
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 prosecuted	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 prosecuted	cc
43	26	26	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	44 others	nummod
44	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 prosecuted	nsubj
45	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 prosecuted	aux:pass
46	prosecuted	prosecute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 purchased	conj
47	for	for	ADP	_	48 treason	case
48	treason	treason	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 prosecuted	obl
49	from	from	ADP	_	51 August	case
50	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	51 August	nummod
51	August	August	PROPN	Number=Sing	46 prosecuted	obl
52	1958	1958	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	51 August	flat
53	to	to	ADP	_	54 29	case
54	29	29	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	46 prosecuted	obl
55	March	March	PROPN	Number=Sing	54 29	nmod:unmarked
56	1961	1961	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	54 29	flat
57	;	;	PUNCT	_	62 held	punct
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 Trial	det
59	Rivonia	Rivonia	PROPN	Number=Sing	60 Trial	compound
60	Trial	Trial	PROPN	Number=Sing	62 held	nsubj
61	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	62 held	aux:pass
62	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 purchased	conj
63	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	62 held	advmod
64	in	in	ADP	_	65 1963	case
65	1963	1963	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	62 held	obl
66	–	–	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	67 1964	case
67	1964	1964	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	65 1963	nmod
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 purchased	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purchase	past · passive	the government	the Old Synagogue on Paul	1952			vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Theme
2	become	to-infinitive	the government not said here	the new home of the High Court				vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	try	past · passive		prominent opposition figures in the Anti-Apartheid Movement			Nelson Mandela and Walter obj	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer mandela=Result
4	prosecute	past · passive		26 others		august	for treason; to 29 March	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Patient for treason=Theme
5	hold	past · passive		the Rivonia Trial	1963 – 1964; there			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in 1963=Location

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, «Pretoria», 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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Pretoria, sentence 276