--- title: Taiwan has been governed separately since 1949 by the Republic of Ch… — China: modern China, space and contested topics · tree and pragmatics description: Taiwan has been governed separately since 1949 by the Republic of China, with its own elected government; the People's Republic considers it part of China, and most countries do not formally recognise Taiwan as a state but keep informal ties. Who acts: Republic, life, most countries. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Republic, life, most countries), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:history:059-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics.lesson:16 # text = Taiwan has been governed separately since 1949 by the Republic of China, with its own elected government; the People's Republic considers it part of China, and most countries do not formally recognise Taiwan as a state but keep informal ties. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = history # lesson = 059-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics.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): R7-rel-agree ×2 1 Taiwan Taiwan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 governed govern VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 separately separately ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 since since ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 1949 1949 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 obl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Republic Republic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl:agent _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 16 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 elected elect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 amod _ _ 18 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 People People PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 's 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 Republic Republic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 considers consider VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 xcomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=24:ccomp 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 31 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 32 amod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=32:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RBS:Degree=Sup 32 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 33 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 35 formally formally ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 recognise recognise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 37 Taiwan Taiwan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 38 as as ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 43 informal informal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 ties tie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **govern** | present · perfect · passive | the Republic of China | Taiwan | | | since 1949 | separately *property* | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 2 | **elect** | participle | | | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **consider** | present | the People's Republic | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **part** | | life | | | | | of China | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **recognise** | present · do-support | most countries | Taiwan | | | | as a state; formally *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer taiwan=Stimulus as state=Attribute | | 6 | **keep** | infinitive | most countries *not said here* | informal ties | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tie=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. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:history:059-china-modern-china-space-and-contested-topics.lesson:16`. **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): R7-rel-agree ×2. **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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