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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 employed | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 residents | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 region | det |
| 4 | region | region | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 residents | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 region | case |
| 6 | residents | resident | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Many | nmod |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 employed | aux:pass |
| 8 | employed | employ | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 companies | case |
| 10 | companies | company | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 employed | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 organizations | cc |
| 12 | organizations | organization | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 companies | conj |
| 13 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 do | nsubj |
| 14 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 companies | acl:relcl |
| 15 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 do | obj |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 government | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 government | det |
| 18 | federal | federal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 government | amod |
| 19 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 do | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 seek | punct |
| 21 | seek | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 do | conj |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 influence | mark |
| 23 | influence | influence | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 seek | xcomp |
| 24 | federal | federal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 policy | amod |
| 25 | policy | policy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 influence | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 related | punct |
| 27 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 30 related | cc |
| 28 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 related | cop |
| 29 | otherwise | otherwise | ADV | _ | 30 related | advmod |
| 30 | related | related | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 policy | acl:relcl |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 33 work | case |
| 32 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 work | nmod:poss |
| 33 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 related | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 firms | punct |
| 35 | including | including | ADP | _ | 37 firms | case |
| 36 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 firms | compound |
| 37 | firms | firm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 work | nmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 contractors | punct |
| 39 | defense | defense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 contractors | compound |
| 40 | contractors | contractor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 firms | conj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 contractors | punct |
| 42 | civilian | civilian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 contractors | amod |
| 43 | contractors | contractor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 firms | conj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 organizations | punct |
| 45 | nonprofit | nonprofit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 organizations | compound |
| 46 | organizations | organization | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 work | conj |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 lobbying | punct |
| 48 | lobbying | lobby | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 46 organizations | acl |
| 49 | firms | firm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 lobbying | obj |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 unions | punct |
| 51 | trade | trade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 unions | compound |
| 52 | unions | union | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 firms | conj |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 groups | punct |
| 54 | industry | industry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 trade | compound |
| 55 | trade | trade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 groups | compound |
| 56 | groups | group | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 firms | conj |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 associations | punct |
| 58 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 associations | cc |
| 59 | professional | professional | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 associations | amod |
| 60 | associations | association | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 employed | obl |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 have | punct |
| 62 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 65 have | nsubj |
| 63 | of | of | ADP | _ | 64 which | case |
| 64 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 62 many | nmod |
| 65 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 60 associations | conj |
| 66 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 67 headquarters | nmod:poss |
| 67 | headquarters | headquarters | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 65 have | obj |
| 68 | in | in | ADP | _ | 72 city | case |
| 69 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 70 near | cc |
| 70 | near | near | ADP | _ | 68 in | conj |
| 71 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 72 city | det |
| 72 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 have | obl |
| 73 | for | for | ADP | _ | 74 proximity | case |
| 74 | proximity | proximity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 city | nmod |
| 75 | to | to | ADP | _ | 78 government | case |
| 76 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 78 government | det |
| 77 | federal | federal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 78 government | amod |
| 78 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 74 proximity | nmod |
| 79 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 employed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | employ | present · passive | companies and organizations | Many of the region's residents | professional associations obl | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | |||
| 2 | do | present | companies and organizations | work | for the federal government | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | |||
| 3 | seek | infinitive | companies and organizations not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | influence not said to happen | to-infinitive | companies and organizations not said here | federal policy | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent policy=Patient | ||||
| 5 | is | present | federal policy not said here | to government's work including law firms and defense contractors and civilian contractors and nonprofit organizations; otherwise, related property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | lobby | gerund | nonprofit organizations not said here | firms and trade unions and trade groups | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent firm=Recipient | ||||
| 7 | have | present | many | works's headquarters | the city for proximity to the federal government | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent headquarters=Patient | |||
| 8 | work | government | including law firms and defense contractors and civilian contractors | nom 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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