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title: After gaining independence in 1991, Azerbaijan became a member of th… — Azerbaijan · tree and pragmatics
description: After gaining independence in 1991, Azerbaijan became a member of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Islamic Development Bank, and the Asian Development Bank. Who acts: Azerbaijan. A sentence of Wikipedia's «Azerbaijan» with its
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# Azerbaijan, sentence 270

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From Wikipedia, [«Azerbaijan»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan), 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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After gaining independence in 1991, Azerbaijan became a member of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Islamic Development Bank, and the Asian Development Bank.

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**Who acts:** Azerbaijan · **What happens:** gain, become · **To what, where:** independence, member

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Azerbaijan». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Azerbaijan), 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:Azerbaijan:270
# text = After gaining independence in 1991, Azerbaijan became a member of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Islamic Development Bank, and the Asian Development Bank.
1	After	after	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	gaining	gain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
3	independence	independence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	1991	1991	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	xcomp	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	International	International	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	Monetary	Monetary	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Fund	Fund	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	World	World	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	Bank	Bank	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	European	European	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	Bank	Bank	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
24	for	for	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	Reconstruction	Reconstruction	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	Development	Development	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
30	Islamic	Islamic	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	Development	Development	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
32	Bank	Bank	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
36	Asian	Asian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
37	Development	Development	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	compound	_	_
38	Bank	Bank	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gain** | gerund | Azerbaijan *not said here* | independence |  |  |  | in 1991 | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient independence=Extent in 1991=Attribute |
| 2 | **become** | past | Azerbaijan | a member of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Development Bank |  |  |  | the Asian Development Bank *obl* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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, «Azerbaijan», 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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