--- title: Sudan is one of these: since April 2023 its army and an armed group… — The wars the news shows less: Sudan and others · tree and pragmatics description: Sudan is one of these: since April 2023 its army and an armed group called the RSF have fought for power, and the UN reported that more than 12 million people were forced from their homes — imagine every person in a big city walking away at once. Who acts: Sudan, army, UN, person. 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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 (Sudan, army, UN, person), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:politics:028-the-wars-the-news-shows-less-sudan-and-others.lesson:2 # text = Sudan is one of these: since April 2023 its army and an armed group called the RSF have fought for power, and the UN reported that more than 12 million people were forced from their homes — imagine every person in a big city walking away at once. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = politics # lesson = 028-the-wars-the-news-shows-less-sudan-and-others.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 ×1 1 Sudan Sudan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 3 nmod _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 since since ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 April April PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:unmarked _ _ 9 2023 2023 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 20 obl _ _ 10 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 armed armed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 group group NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 16 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 RSF RSF PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 fought fight VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 UN UN PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 reported report VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 29 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 32 advmod _ _ 30 than than ADP IN _ 29 fixed _ _ 31 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 32 compound _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=32:nummod 32 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 ccomp _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 homes home NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 39 — - PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 40 imagine imagine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 41 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 42 det _ _ 42 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 47 walking walk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 acl _ _ 48 away away ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 40 obl _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Sudan | one | | | | of these | tree rules | | 2 | **call** | participle | | a armed group *not said here* | the RSF | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent rsf=Recipient | | 3 | **fight** | present · perfect | news's army and a armed group | | | | since 2023 April | for power | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **report** | past | the UN | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **force** | past · passive | | million people | | people's homes | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | | 6 | **imagine** | infinitive | | every person | | a big city | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot person=Theme | | 7 | **walk away** | gerund | every person *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:politics:028-the-wars-the-news-shows-less-sudan-and-others.lesson:2`. **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 ×1. **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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