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title: Wildlife such as wolves and Przewalski's horses returned to the Chor… — Chornobyl and independence in 1991 · tree and pragmatics
description: Wildlife such as wolves and Przewalski's horses returned to the Chornobyl exclusion zone (the closed area around the plant), and before the 2022 war guided visits were possible; a New Safe Confinement, a huge arched shelter, was placed over reactor 4 in 2016, Russian troops occupied the area in 2022
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# Chornobyl and independence in 1991, sentence 9

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Wildlife such as wolves and Przewalski's horses returned to the Chornobyl exclusion zone (the closed area around the plant), and before the 2022 war guided visits were possible; a New Safe Confinement, a huge arched shelter, was placed over reactor 4 in 2016, Russian troops occupied the area in 2022, and a drone damaged the confinement in 2025, as was reported.

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**Who acts:** Wildlife, guided visits, Russian troops, drone · **What happens:** return, close, guide, be, arch, place · **To what, where:** New Safe Confinement, reactor, area, 2022, confinement, 2025

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This is a sentence of the lesson «Chornobyl and independence in 1991» of the history course of Mova's primary school. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Wildlife, guided visits, Russian troops, drone), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:history:048-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991.lesson:9
# text = Wildlife such as wolves and Przewalski's horses returned to the Chornobyl exclusion zone (the closed area around the plant), and before the 2022 war guided visits were possible; a New Safe Confinement, a huge arched shelter, was placed over reactor 4 in 2016, Russian troops occupied the area in 2022, and a drone damaged the confinement in 2025, as was reported.
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = history
# lesson = 048-chornobyl-and-independence-in-1991.lesson
# annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R6-punct-agree ×4, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×3
1	Wildlife	wildlife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=9:nsubj|HaikuPos=PROPN:NNP:Number=Sing
2	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	4	case	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	2	fixed	_	_
4	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	Przewalski	Przewalski	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
9	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	Chornobyl	Chornobyl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
13	exclusion	exclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	zone	zone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	18	punct	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	amod	_	Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=18:amod|HaikuPos=ADJ:JJ:Degree=Pos
18	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=14:parataxis
19	around	around	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
22	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	18	punct	_	_
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=45:punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
25	before	before	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	2022	2022	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	28	compound	_	_
28	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
29	guided	guide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	30	amod	_	_
30	visits	visit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	nsubj	_	_
31	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	cop	_	_
32	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
33	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	45	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=37:punct
34	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
35	New	New	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
36	Safe	safe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	compound	_	_
37	Confinement	confinement	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	nsubj:pass	_	Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=45:nsubj:pass|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
39	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
40	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
41	arched	arch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	42	amod	_	_
42	shelter	shelter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	appos	_	_
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	aux:pass	_	_
45	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
46	over	over	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	reactor	reactor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	_
48	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	47	flat	_	_
49	in	in	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	2016	2016	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	45	obl	_	_
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=50:punct
52	Russian	Russian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	troops	troops	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	54	nsubj	_	_
54	occupied	occupy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	parataxis	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obj	_	_
57	in	in	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	2022	2022	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	54	obl	_	_
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=62:punct
60	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
61	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	drone	drone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	nsubj	_	_
63	damaged	damage	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	54	conj	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
65	confinement	confinement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obj	_	_
66	in	in	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
67	2025	2025	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	63	obl	_	_
68	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
69	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	71	mark	_	_
70	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	71	aux:pass	_	_
71	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	54	conj	_	_
72	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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No stored speech act for this sentence.

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | past | Wildlife such wolves and Przewalski's horses |  |  |  |  | to the Chornobyl exclusion zone *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to zone=Result |
| 2 | **close** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **guide** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | past | guided visits |  |  |  | before the 2022 war | possible *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **arch** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **place** | past · passive |  | a New Safe Confinement |  | reactor |  | in 2016 | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme over reactor=Destination |
| 7 | **occupy** | past | Russian troops | the area |  | 2022 |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus area=Experiencer |
| 8 | **damage** | past | a drone | the confinement |  | 2025 |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent confinement=Patient |
| 9 | **report** | past · passive | Russian troops *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP» |

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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.

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**The tree:** Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R6-punct-agree ×4, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×3. **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence.

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