--- title: In the 2013 census, 48.5% of the population of Benin were Christian… — Benin · tree and pragmatics description: In the 2013 census, 48.5% of the population of Benin were Christian (25.5% Roman Catholic, 6.7% Celestial Church of Christ, 3.4% Methodist, and 12.9% other Christian denominations), 27.7% were Muslim, 11.6% practiced Vodun, 2.6% practiced other local traditional religions, 2.6% practiced other relig --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Benin/162/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [wikipedia](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/) / [en](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/) / [Benin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Benin/) / 162 # Benin, sentence 162 From Wikipedia, [«Benin»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin), 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. In the 2013 census, 48.5% of the population of Benin were Christian (25.5% Roman Catholic, 6.7% Celestial Church of Christ, 3.4% Methodist, and 12.9% other Christian denominations), 27.7% were Muslim, 11.6% practiced Vodun, 2.6% practiced other local traditional religions, 2.6% practiced other religions, and 5.8% claimed no religious affiliation. **What happens:** be, practice, claim · **To what, where:** 2013 census, Vodun, other local traditional religions, other religions, religious affiliation This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Benin». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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:Benin:162 # text = In the 2013 census, 48.5% of the population of Benin were Christian (25.5% Roman Catholic, 6.7% Celestial Church of Christ, 3.4% Methodist, and 12.9% other Christian denominations), 27.7% were Muslim, 11.6% practiced Vodun, 2.6% practiced other local traditional religions, 2.6% practiced other religions, and 5.8% claimed no religious affiliation. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 2013 2013 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 census census NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 48.5 48.5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 % % SYM NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 population population NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Benin Benin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 15 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 25.5 25.5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 % % SYM NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 18 Roman roman ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 Catholic catholic NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 6.7 6.7 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 % % SYM NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 23 Celestial Celestial PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 Church Church PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Christ Christ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 3.4 3.4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 % % SYM NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 Methodist Methodist PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 12.9 12.9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 % % SYM SYM Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 35 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 denominations denomination NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 27.7 27.7 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 % % SYM NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 Muslim Muslim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 11.6 11.6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 46 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 % % SYM NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 practiced practice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 48 Vodun Vodun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 2.6 2.6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 51 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 % % SYM NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 52 practiced practice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 53 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 54 local local ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 55 traditional traditional ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 religions religion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 2.6 2.6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 59 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 % % SYM NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 60 practiced practice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 conj _ _ 61 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 religions religion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 65 5.8 5.8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 66 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 % % SYM NN Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ _ 67 claimed claim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 conj _ _ 68 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 70 det _ _ 69 religious religious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 affiliation affiliation NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | the 2013 census | | % Roman Catholic % Celestial Church of Christ and % Methodist and % other Christian denominations *parataxis*; christian *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | muslim *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **practice** | past | | Vodun | | | | | vn rehearse-26.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vodun=Theme | | 4 | **practice** | past | | other local traditional religions | | | | | vn rehearse-26.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent religion=Theme | | 5 | **practice** | past | | other religions | | | | | vn rehearse-26.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent religion=Theme | | 6 | **claim** *speech: other* | past | | no religious affiliation | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent affiliation=Topic | 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, «Benin», 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 161](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Benin/161/) - next →: [sentence 163](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Benin/163/) - ↑ back to [Benin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Benin/)