--- title: The MPLA attempted to move its headquarters from Conakry to Léopoldv… — Angola · tree and pragmatics description: The MPLA attempted to move its headquarters from Conakry to Léopoldville in October 1961, renewing efforts to create a common front with the FNLA, then known as the Union of Angolan Peoples (UPA) and its leader Holden Roberto. Who acts: MPLA. 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The MPLA attempted to move its headquarters from Conakry to Léopoldville in October 1961, renewing efforts to create a common front with the FNLA, then known as the Union of Angolan Peoples (UPA) and its leader Holden Roberto. **Who acts:** MPLA · **What happens:** attempt, move, renew, create, know · **To what, where:** Léopoldville, headquarters, Conakry, efforts, common front This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Angola». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (MPLA), 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:Angola:117 # text = The MPLA attempted to move its headquarters from Conakry to Léopoldville in October 1961, renewing efforts to create a common front with the FNLA, then known as the Union of Angolan Peoples (UPA) and its leader Holden Roberto. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 MPLA MPLA PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 attempted attempt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 headquarters headquarters NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 5 obj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Conakry Conakry PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Léopoldville Léopoldville PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 October October PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 14 1961 1961 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 13 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 renewing renew VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 17 efforts effort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 create create VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 FNLA FNLA PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ _ 28 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 29 as as ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Union Union PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 Angolan Angolan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 Peoples People PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 31 conj _ _ 35 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 UPA UPA PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 36 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 leader leader NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod:desc _ _ 41 Holden Holden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 42 Roberto Roberto PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attempt** | past | the MPLA | | Léopoldville | | october | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **move** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the MPLA *not said here* | assistance's headquarters | | Conakry | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent headquarters=Theme from conakry=Trajectory | | 3 | **renew** | gerund | the MPLA *not said here* | efforts | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **create** | to-infinitive | the MPLA *not said here* | a common front | | | | with the FNLA | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent front=Result | | 5 | **know** | participle | the MPLA *not said here* | | | | then | as the Union and Angolan Peoples and Holden assistance's leader | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as union=Attribute | 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, «Angola», 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 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Angola/116/) - next →: [sentence 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Angola/118/) - ↑ back to [Angola](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Angola/)