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title: The enormous differences between the regions pose a serious structur… — Angola · tree and pragmatics
description: The enormous differences between the regions pose a serious structural problem for the Angolan economy, illustrated by the fact that about one third of economic activities are concentrated in Luanda and neighbouring Bengo province, while several areas of the interior suffer economic stagnation and e
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# Angola, sentence 293

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From Wikipedia, [«Angola»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angola), 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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The enormous differences between the regions pose a serious structural problem for the Angolan economy, illustrated by the fact that about one third of economic activities are concentrated in Luanda and neighbouring Bengo province, while several areas of the interior suffer economic stagnation and even regression.

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**Who acts:** enormous differences, fact, several areas · **What happens:** pose, illustrate, concentrate, neighbour, suffer · **To what, where:** serious structural problem, one third, Luanda, economic stagnation

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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 (enormous differences, fact, several areas), 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:Angola:293
# text = The enormous differences between the regions pose a serious structural problem for the Angolan economy, illustrated by the fact that about one third of economic activities are concentrated in Luanda and neighbouring Bengo province, while several areas of the interior suffer economic stagnation and even regression.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	enormous	enormous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	differences	difference	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	regions	region	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	pose	pose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	structural	structural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Angolan	Angolan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	economy	economy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	illustrated	illustrate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	conj	_	_
18	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
22	about	about	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	24	nummod	_	_
24	third	third	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nsubj:pass	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	economic	economic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	activities	activity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nmod	_	_
28	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux:pass	_	_
29	concentrated	concentrate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	acl	_	_
30	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	Luanda	Luanda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
33	neighbouring	neighbour	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	35	amod	_	_
34	Bengo	Bengo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	compound	_	_
35	province	province	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
37	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
38	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	areas	area	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	nsubj	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	interior	interior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	_
43	suffer	suffer	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
44	economic	economic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	stagnation	stagnation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
47	even	even	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	_
48	regression	regression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pose** | present | the enormous differences between the regions | a serious structural problem |  |  |  | for the Angolan economy | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent problem=Attribute |
| 2 | **illustrate** | participle | the enormous differences between the regions *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the fact | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **concentrate** | present · passive | the fact *not said here* | one third of economic activities |  | Luanda and neighbouring Bengo province |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **neighbour** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **suffer** | present | several areas of the interior | economic stagnation and regression |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stagnation=Stimulus |

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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, «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.

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