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title: These taxis usually function on a shared ride model, where several p… — Accra · tree and pragmatics
description: These taxis usually function on a shared ride model, where several passengers share one vehicle and the fare is calculated based on the distance traveled. Who acts: taxis, several passengers, distance. A sentence of Wikipedia's «Accra» with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Accra, sentence 129

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From Wikipedia, [«Accra»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accra), revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). The trees and pragmatics of these pages, Mova's parse of that text, are CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

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These taxis usually function on a shared ride model, where several passengers share one vehicle and the fare is calculated based on the distance traveled.

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**Who acts:** taxis, several passengers, distance · **What happens:** function, share, calculate, base, travel · **To what, where:** one vehicle, fare

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Accra». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (taxis, several passengers, distance), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:Accra:129
# text = These taxis usually function on a shared ride model, where several passengers share one vehicle and the fare is calculated based on the distance traveled.
1	These	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	taxis	taxi	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	function	function	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
8	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	model	model	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	14	advmod	_	_
12	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	passengers	passenger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	share	share	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	fare	fare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj:pass	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux:pass	_	_
21	calculated	calculate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	conj	_	_
22	based	base	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	xcomp	_	_
23	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
26	traveled	travel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **function** | present | this taxis |  |  |  |  | on a shared ride model; usually *property* | vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **share** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **share** | present | several passengers | one vehicle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **calculate** | present · passive |  | the fare |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **base** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **travel** | past | the distance |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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**Text:** the English Wikipedia, «Accra», 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.

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