--- title: The US does not officially recognise Taiwan as a country, but a US l… — Taiwan, China and the word «tensions» · tree and pragmatics description: The US does not officially recognise Taiwan as a country, but a US law says it will help Taiwan defend itself and it sells Taiwan weapons; for years it has not said clearly whether it would fight for Taiwan. Who acts: US, US law, law, Taiwan. 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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 (US, US law, law, Taiwan), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:politics:029-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions.lesson:15 # text = The US does not officially recognise Taiwan as a country, but a US law says it will help Taiwan defend itself and it sells Taiwan weapons; for years it has not said clearly whether it would fight for Taiwan. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = politics # lesson = 029-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions.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): R5-strong ×2, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 US US PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 officially officially ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 recognise recognise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 Taiwan Taiwan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 US US PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=6:parataxis 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 20 Taiwan Taiwan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 21 defend defend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 obj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 sells sell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=6:conj 26 Taiwan Taiwan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 weapons weapon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 parataxis _ _ 35 clearly clearly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=39:advmod 36 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Taiwan Taiwan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **recognise** | present · do-support | the US | Taiwan | | | | as a country; officially *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer taiwan=Stimulus as country=Attribute | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a US law | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **help** | future | law | Taiwan | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent taiwan=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 4 | **defend** | infinitive | Taiwan *not said here* | law | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Beneficiary | | 5 | **sell** | present | law | Taiwan weapons | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weapon=Theme | | 6 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | law | | | | year | clearly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **fight** | would | law | | | | | for Taiwan | vn battle-36.4-1 «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:029-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions.lesson:15`. **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): R5-strong ×2, 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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Taiwan, China and the word «tensions», 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/14/) - next →: [Taiwan, China and the word «tensions», 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/17/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/)