--- title: The Ministry of Defence is in charge of political leadership, headed… — Armenia · tree and pragmatics description: The Ministry of Defence is in charge of political leadership, headed by Davit Tonoyan, while military command remains in the hands of the general staff, headed by the Chief of Staff, who is Lieutenant-General Onik Gasparyan. Who acts: Ministry, military command, Chief. 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The Ministry of Defence is in charge of political leadership, headed by Davit Tonoyan, while military command remains in the hands of the general staff, headed by the Chief of Staff, who is Lieutenant-General Onik Gasparyan. **Who acts:** Ministry, military command, Chief · **What happens:** be, head, remain · **To what, where:** charge, hands, Lieutenant Onik This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Armenia». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ministry, military command, Chief), 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:Armenia:340 # text = The Ministry of Defence is in charge of political leadership, headed by Davit Tonoyan, while military command remains in the hands of the general staff, headed by the Chief of Staff, who is Lieutenant-General Onik Gasparyan. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Ministry Ministry PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Defence Defence PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 political political ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 leadership leadership NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 headed head VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Davit Davit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl:agent _ _ 15 Tonoyan Tonoyan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 while while SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 military military ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 command command NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 remains remain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 general general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 headed head VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 30 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Staff Staff PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 38 Lieutenant Lieutenant PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 General General PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod:desc _ _ 41 Onik Onik PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 42 Gasparyan Gasparyan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the Ministry of Defence | | | charge | | of political leadership | tree rules | | 2 | **head** | participle | | charge *not said here* | | | | Davit *obl:agent* | vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **remain** | present | military command | | | the hands of the general staff | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hand=Location | | 4 | **head** | participle | military command *not said here* | | | | | by the Chief of Staff and Lieutenant Onik | vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | present | the Chief of Staff and Lieutenant Onik | Lieutenant Onik | | | | General *nmod:desc* | tree rules | 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, «Armenia», 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 339](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Armenia/339/) - next →: [sentence 341](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Armenia/341/) - ↑ back to [Armenia](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Armenia/)