--- title: On 15 May 2008, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a non-bi… — Abkhazia · tree and pragmatics description: On 15 May 2008, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a non-binding resolution recognising the right of all refugees (including victims of reported "ethnic cleansing") to return to Abkhazia and to retain or regain their property rights there. 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On 15 May 2008, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a non-binding resolution recognising the right of all refugees (including victims of reported "ethnic cleansing") to return to Abkhazia and to retain or regain their property rights there. **Who acts:** United Nations, non-binding resolution, victims · **What happens:** adopt, recognise, include, report, return, retain · **To what, where:** non-binding resolution, 15, right, ethnic cleansing, Abkhazia, property rights This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Abkhazia». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (United Nations, non-binding resolution, victims), 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:Abkhazia:402 # text = On 15 May 2008, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a non-binding resolution recognising the right of all refugees (including victims of reported "ethnic cleansing") to return to Abkhazia and to retain or regain their property rights there. 1 On on ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 15 15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 obl _ _ 3 May May PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:unmarked _ _ 4 2008 2008 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 United United PROPN NNP _ 8 compound _ _ 8 Nations Nation PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 9 General General PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 flat _ _ 10 Assembly Assembly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 11 adopted adopt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 non-binding non-binding NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 resolution resolution NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 recognising recognise VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 acl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 20 det _ _ 20 refugees refugee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 21 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 including include VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 case _ _ 23 victims victim NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 appos _ _ 24 of of SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 reported report VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ _ 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ethnic ethnic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 cleansing cleansing NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 23 punct _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 acl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Abkhazia Abkhazia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 retain retain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 regain regain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 property property NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 rights right NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 43 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **adopt** | past | the United Nations and General Assembly | a non-binding resolution | | 15 | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent resolution=Theme | | 2 | **recognise** | gerund | a non-binding resolution *not said here* | the right of all refugees | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer right=Stimulus | | 3 | **include** | gerund | | | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **report** | participle | victims *not said here* | ethnic cleansing | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cleansing=Patient | | 5 | **return** | to-infinitive | a non-binding resolution *not said here* | the right of all refugees *not said here* | Abkhazia | | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to abkhazia=Result | | 6 | **retain** | to-infinitive | a non-binding resolution *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **regain** | infinitive | a non-binding resolution *not said here* | victims's property rights | | there | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=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. **Text:** the English Wikipedia, «Abkhazia», 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 401](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Abkhazia/401/) - next →: [sentence 403](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Abkhazia/403/) - ↑ back to [Abkhazia](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Abkhazia/)