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title: Since the 2009 political crisis, in which the Mayor of Antananarivo,… — Antananarivo · tree and pragmatics
description: Since the 2009 political crisis, in which the Mayor of Antananarivo, Andry Rajoelina, unconstitutionally seized power as head of state, the CUA has been administered by a délégation spéciale (special delegation) composed of a president and de facto mayor with the support of two vice presidents, all 
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# Antananarivo, sentence 242

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From Wikipedia, [«Antananarivo»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antananarivo), 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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Since the 2009 political crisis, in which the Mayor of Antananarivo, Andry Rajoelina, unconstitutionally seized power as head of state, the CUA has been administered by a délégation spéciale (special delegation) composed of a president and de facto mayor with the support of two vice presidents, all of whom are appointed by the president.

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**Who acts:** Mayor, délégation spéciale, president · **What happens:** seize, administer, compose, appoint, support · **To what, where:** power, Mayor, 2009 political crisis, délégation spéciale, all, two vice presidents

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Antananarivo». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mayor, délégation spéciale, president), 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:Antananarivo:242
# text = Since the 2009 political crisis, in which the Mayor of Antananarivo, Andry Rajoelina, unconstitutionally seized power as head of state, the CUA has been administered by a délégation spéciale (special delegation) composed of a president and de facto mayor with the support of two vice presidents, all of whom are appointed by the president.
1	Since	since	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	2009	2009	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	political	political	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	crisis	crisis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	29	obl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Mayor	Mayor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Antananarivo	Antananarivo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	Andry	Andry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
15	Rajoelina	Rajoelina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	unconstitutionally	unconstitutionally	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	seized	seize	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
19	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
20	as	as	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	CUA	CUA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
27	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
28	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	29	aux:pass	_	_
29	administered	administer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
30	by	by	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
31	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	délégation	délégation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	compound	_	_
33	spéciale	spéciale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
34	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	delegation	delegation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	36	punct	_	_
38	composed	compose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	33	acl	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	president	president	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
43	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	45	compound	_	_
44	facto	facto	X	FW	_	45	compound	_	_
45	mayor	mayor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	conj	_	_
46	with	with	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	support	support	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
50	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	52	nummod	_	_
51	vice	vice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	compound	_	_
52	presidents	president	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
54	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	58	nsubj:pass	_	_
55	of	of	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	54	nmod	_	_
57	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	58	aux:pass	_	_
58	appointed	appoint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
59	by	by	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	president	president	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	58	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seize** | participle | the Mayor of Antananarivo and Andry and the CUA *not said here* | power |  |  |  | as head of state; unconstitutionally *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme |
| 2 | **administer** | present · perfect · passive | a délégation spéciale | the Mayor of Antananarivo and Andry and the CUA |  | the 2009 political crisis |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 3 | **compose** | participle |  | a délégation spéciale *not said here* |  |  |  | of a president and de facto mayor with the support of two vice presidents | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **appoint** | present · passive | the president | all |  |  | since the 2009 political crisis |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 5 | **support** |  |  | two vice presidents |  |  |  |  | nom support «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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, «Antananarivo», 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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