--- title: Abidjan was one of the main theaters of the 2010–2011 Ivorian crisis… — Abidjan · tree and pragmatics description: Abidjan was one of the main theaters of the 2010–2011 Ivorian crisis and the site of major demonstrations against incumbent president Gbagbo, including one on International Women's Day in 2011 that saw several demonstrators killed by Gbagbo's forces. Who acts: Abidjan, major demonstrations. 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Abidjan was one of the main theaters of the 2010–2011 Ivorian crisis and the site of major demonstrations against incumbent president Gbagbo, including one on International Women's Day in 2011 that saw several demonstrators killed by Gbagbo's forces. **Who acts:** Abidjan, major demonstrations · **What happens:** be, include, see, kill · **To what, where:** one, several demonstrators This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Abidjan». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Abidjan, major demonstrations), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = wikipedia:Abidjan:70 # text = Abidjan was one of the main theaters of the 2010–2011 Ivorian crisis and the site of major demonstrations against incumbent president Gbagbo, including one on International Women's Day in 2011 that saw several demonstrators killed by Gbagbo's forces. 1 Abidjan Abidjan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 main main ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 theaters theater NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 10 2010 2010 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 – – SYM SYM ExtPos=ADP 12 case _ SpaceAfter=No 12 2011 2011 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 nmod _ _ 13 Ivorian ivorian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 crisis crisis NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 site site NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 major major ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 demonstrations demonstration NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 21 against against ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 incumbent incumbent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 president president NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod:desc _ _ 24 Gbagbo Gbagbo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 including include VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 case _ _ 27 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 International International ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 Women Women PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 31 's 's PART POS _ 30 case _ _ 32 Day Day PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 2011 2011 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 32 nmod _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 37 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 demonstrators demonstrator NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl _ _ 40 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 Gbagbo Gbagbo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 's 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 forces force NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Abidjan | one | | | | of the main theaters of the 2010 Ivorian crisis and the site of major demonstrations against Gbagbo incumbent president | tree rules | | 2 | **include** | gerund | | | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **see** | past | major demonstrations against Gbagbo incumbent president | several demonstrators | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer demonstrator=Stimulus | | 4 | **kill** | participle | | several demonstrators *not said here* | | | | by Gbagbo's forces | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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, «Abidjan», 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. - ← previous: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Abidjan/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Abidjan/71/) - ↑ back to [Abidjan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Abidjan/)