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Trinidad and Tobago, sentence 243

From Wikipedia, «Trinidad and Tobago», 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 members of the Senate are appointed by the president; 16 government senators are appointed on the advice of the prime minister, six opposition senators are appointed on the advice of the leader of the opposition, currently Pennelope Beckles-Robinson, and nine independent senators are appointed by the president to represent other sectors of civil society.

Who acts: president · What happens: appoint, represent · To what, where: members, 16 government senators, advice, six opposition senators, nine independent senators, other sectors

This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Trinidad and Tobago». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (president), 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

detnsubj:passcasedetnmodaux:passcasedetoblpunctnummodcompoundnsubj:passaux:passparataxiscasedetoblcasedetamodnmodpunctnummodcompoundnsubj:passaux:passconjcasedetoblcasedetnmodcasedetnmodpunctadvmodoblflatpunctflatpunctccnummodamodnsubj:passaux:passparataxiscasedetoblmarkadvclamodobjcaseamodnmodpunctrootTheDETmembersNOUNofADPtheDETSenatePROPNareAUXappointedVERBbyADPtheDETpresidentNOUN;PUNCT16NUMgovernmentNOUNsenatorsNOUNareAUXappointedVERBonADPtheDETadviceNOUNofADPtheDETprimeADJministerNOUN,PUNCTsixNUMoppositionNOUNsenatorsNOUNareAUXappointedVERBonADPtheDETadviceNOUNofADPtheDETleaderNOUNofADPtheDEToppositionNOUN,PUNCTcurrentlyADVPennelopePROPNBecklesPROPN-PUNCTRobinsonPROPN,PUNCTandCCONJnineNUMindependentADJsenatorsNOUNareAUXappointedVERBbyADPtheDETpresidentNOUNtoPARTrepresentVERBotherADJsectorsNOUNofADPcivilADJsocietyNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 membersdet
2membersmemberNOUNNumber=Plur7 appointednsubj:pass
3ofofADP_5 Senatecase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 Senatedet
5SenateSenatePROPNNumber=Sing2 membersnmod
6arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 appointedaux:pass
7appointedappointVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
8bybyADP_10 presidentcase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 presidentdet
10presidentpresidentNOUNNumber=Sing7 appointedobl
11;;PUNCT_16 appointedpunct
121616NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card14 senatorsnummod
13governmentgovernmentNOUNNumber=Sing14 senatorscompound
14senatorssenatorNOUNNumber=Plur16 appointednsubj:pass
15arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin16 appointedaux:pass
16appointedappointVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass7 appointedparataxis
17ononADP_19 advicecase
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 advicedet
19adviceadviceNOUNNumber=Sing16 appointedobl
20ofofADP_23 ministercase
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 ministerdet
22primeprimeADJDegree=Pos23 ministeramod
23ministerministerNOUNNumber=Sing19 advicenmod
24,,PUNCT_29 appointedpunct
25sixsixNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card27 senatorsnummod
26oppositionoppositionNOUNNumber=Sing27 senatorscompound
27senatorssenatorNOUNNumber=Plur29 appointednsubj:pass
28arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin29 appointedaux:pass
29appointedappointVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass16 appointedconj
30ononADP_32 advicecase
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 advicedet
32adviceadviceNOUNNumber=Sing29 appointedobl
33ofofADP_35 leadercase
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 leaderdet
35leaderleaderNOUNNumber=Sing32 advicenmod
36ofofADP_38 oppositioncase
37thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 oppositiondet
38oppositionoppositionNOUNNumber=Sing35 leadernmod
39,,PUNCT_41 Pennelopepunct
40currentlycurrentlyADV_41 Pennelopeadvmod
41PennelopePennelopePROPNNumber=Sing29 appointedobl
42BecklesBecklesPROPNNumber=Sing41 Pennelopeflat
43--PUNCT_44 Robinsonpunct
44RobinsonRobinsonPROPNNumber=Sing41 Pennelopeflat
45,,PUNCT_51 appointedpunct
46andandCCONJ_51 appointedcc
47ninenineNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card49 senatorsnummod
48independentindependentADJDegree=Pos49 senatorsamod
49senatorssenatorNOUNNumber=Plur51 appointednsubj:pass
50arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin51 appointedaux:pass
51appointedappointVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass7 appointedparataxis
52bybyADP_54 presidentcase
53thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art54 presidentdet
54presidentpresidentNOUNNumber=Sing51 appointedobl
55totoPART_56 representmark
56representrepresentVERBVerbForm=Inf51 appointedadvcl
57otherotherADJDegree=Pos58 sectorsamod
58sectorssectorNOUNNumber=Plur56 representobj
59ofofADP_61 societycase
60civilcivilADJDegree=Pos61 societyamod
61societysocietyNOUNNumber=Sing58 sectorsnmod
62..PUNCT_7 appointedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1appointpresent · passivethe presidentthe members of the Senatevn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2appointpresent · passive16 government senatorsthe advice of the prime ministervn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3appointpresent · passivesix opposition senatorsthe advice of the leader of the oppositionPennelope oblvn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
4appointpresent · passivethe presidentnine independent senatorsvn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
5representto-infinitivethe president not said hereother sectors of civil societyvn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sector=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, «Trinidad and Tobago», 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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