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Washington, D.C., sentence 244

From Wikipedia, «Washington, D.C.», 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.

Many of the region's residents are employed by companies and organizations that do work for the federal government, seek to influence federal policy, or are otherwise related to its work, including law firms, defense contractors, civilian contractors, nonprofit organizations, lobbying firms, trade unions, industry trade groups, and professional associations, many of which have their headquarters in or near the city for proximity to the federal government.

Who acts: companies, federal policy, nonprofit organizations, many, government · What happens: employ, do, seek, influence, be, lobby · To what, where: Many, work, federal policy, firms, headquarters, city

This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Washington, D.C.». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (companies, federal policy, nonprofit organizations, many), 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

nsubjcasedetnmod:posscasenmodaux:passcaseoblccconjnsubjacl:relclobjcasedetamodoblpunctconjmarkxcompamodobjpunctcccopadvmodacl:relclcasenmod:possoblpunctcasecompoundnmodpunctcompoundconjpunctamodconjpunctcompoundconjpunctaclobjpunctcompoundconjpunctcompoundcompoundconjpunctccamodoblpunctnsubjcasenmodconjnmod:possobjcaseccconjdetoblcasenmodcasedetamodnmodpunctrootManyADJofADPtheDETregionNOUN'sPARTresidentsNOUNareAUXemployedVERBbyADPcompaniesNOUNandCCONJorganizationsNOUNthatPRONdoVERBworkNOUNforADPtheDETfederalADJgovernmentNOUN,PUNCTseekVERBtoPARTinfluenceVERBfederalADJpolicyNOUN,PUNCTorCCONJareAUXotherwiseADVrelatedADJtoADPitsPRONworkNOUN,PUNCTincludingADPlawNOUNfirmsNOUN,PUNCTdefenseNOUNcontractorsNOUN,PUNCTcivilianADJcontractorsNOUN,PUNCTnonprofitNOUNorganizationsNOUN,PUNCTlobbyingVERBfirmsNOUN,PUNCTtradeNOUNunionsNOUN,PUNCTindustryNOUNtradeNOUNgroupsNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJprofessionalADJassociationsNOUN,PUNCTmanyADJofADPwhichPRONhaveVERBtheirPRONheadquartersNOUNinADPorCCONJnearADPtheDETcityNOUNforADPproximityNOUNtoADPtheDETfederalADJgovernmentNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ManymanyADJDegree=Pos8 employednsubj
2ofofADP_6 residentscase
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 regiondet
4regionregionNOUNNumber=Sing6 residentsnmod:poss
5's'sPART_4 regioncase
6residentsresidentNOUNNumber=Plur1 Manynmod
7arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 employedaux:pass
8employedemployVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
9bybyADP_10 companiescase
10companiescompanyNOUNNumber=Plur8 employedobl
11andandCCONJ_12 organizationscc
12organizationsorganizationNOUNNumber=Plur10 companiesconj
13thatthatPRONPronType=Rel14 donsubj
14dodoVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 companiesacl:relcl
15workworkNOUNNumber=Sing14 doobj
16forforADP_19 governmentcase
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 governmentdet
18federalfederalADJDegree=Pos19 governmentamod
19governmentgovernmentNOUNNumber=Sing14 doobl
20,,PUNCT_21 seekpunct
21seekseekVERBVerbForm=Inf14 doconj
22totoPART_23 influencemark
23influenceinfluenceVERBVerbForm=Inf21 seekxcomp
24federalfederalADJDegree=Pos25 policyamod
25policypolicyNOUNNumber=Sing23 influenceobj
26,,PUNCT_30 relatedpunct
27ororCCONJ_30 relatedcc
28arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin30 relatedcop
29otherwiseotherwiseADV_30 relatedadvmod
30relatedrelatedADJDegree=Pos25 policyacl:relcl
31totoADP_33 workcase
32itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs33 worknmod:poss
33workworkNOUNNumber=Sing30 relatedobl
34,,PUNCT_37 firmspunct
35includingincludingADP_37 firmscase
36lawlawNOUNNumber=Sing37 firmscompound
37firmsfirmNOUNNumber=Plur33 worknmod
38,,PUNCT_40 contractorspunct
39defensedefenseNOUNNumber=Sing40 contractorscompound
40contractorscontractorNOUNNumber=Plur37 firmsconj
41,,PUNCT_43 contractorspunct
42civiliancivilianADJDegree=Pos43 contractorsamod
43contractorscontractorNOUNNumber=Plur37 firmsconj
44,,PUNCT_46 organizationspunct
45nonprofitnonprofitNOUNNumber=Sing46 organizationscompound
46organizationsorganizationNOUNNumber=Plur33 workconj
47,,PUNCT_48 lobbyingpunct
48lobbyinglobbyVERBVerbForm=Ger46 organizationsacl
49firmsfirmNOUNNumber=Plur48 lobbyingobj
50,,PUNCT_52 unionspunct
51tradetradeNOUNNumber=Sing52 unionscompound
52unionsunionNOUNNumber=Plur49 firmsconj
53,,PUNCT_56 groupspunct
54industryindustryNOUNNumber=Sing55 tradecompound
55tradetradeNOUNNumber=Sing56 groupscompound
56groupsgroupNOUNNumber=Plur49 firmsconj
57,,PUNCT_60 associationspunct
58andandCCONJ_60 associationscc
59professionalprofessionalADJDegree=Pos60 associationsamod
60associationsassociationNOUNNumber=Plur8 employedobl
61,,PUNCT_65 havepunct
62manymanyADJDegree=Pos65 havensubj
63ofofADP_64 whichcase
64whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel62 manynmod
65havehaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin60 associationsconj
66theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs67 headquartersnmod:poss
67headquartersheadquartersNOUNNumber=Ptan65 haveobj
68ininADP_72 citycase
69ororCCONJ_70 nearcc
70nearnearADP_68 inconj
71thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art72 citydet
72citycityNOUNNumber=Sing65 haveobl
73forforADP_74 proximitycase
74proximityproximityNOUNNumber=Sing72 citynmod
75totoADP_78 governmentcase
76thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art78 governmentdet
77federalfederalADJDegree=Pos78 governmentamod
78governmentgovernmentNOUNNumber=Sing74 proximitynmod
79..PUNCT_8 employedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1employpresent · passivecompanies and organizationsMany of the region's residentsprofessional associations oblvn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2dopresentcompanies and organizationsworkfor the federal governmentvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality
3seekinfinitivecompanies and organizations not said heretree rules
4influence not said to happento-infinitivecompanies and organizations not said herefederal policyvn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent policy=Patient
5ispresentfederal policy not said hereto government's work including law firms and defense contractors and civilian contractors and nonprofit organizations; otherwise, related propertytree rules
6lobbygerundnonprofit organizations not said herefirms and trade unions and trade groupsvn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent firm=Recipient
7havepresentmanyworks's headquartersthe city for proximity to the federal governmentvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent headquarters=Patient
8workgovernmentincluding law firms and defense contractors and civilian contractorsnom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent including=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, «Washington, D.C.», 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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