--- title: Although there was no desire among the majority of Brazilians to cha… — Brazil · tree and pragmatics description: Although there was no desire among the majority of Brazilians to change the country's form of government, on 15 November 1889, in disagreement with the majority of the Imperial Army officers, as well as with rural and financial elites, the monarchy was overthrown by a military coup. 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Although there was no desire among the majority of Brazilians to change the country's form of government, on 15 November 1889, in disagreement with the majority of the Imperial Army officers, as well as with rural and financial elites, the monarchy was overthrown by a military coup. **Who acts:** military coup, country · **What happens:** be, overthrow, form · **To what, where:** 15, monarchy, government This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Brazil». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (military coup, country), 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:Brazil:82 # text = Although there was no desire among the majority of Brazilians to change the country's form of government, on 15 November 1889, in disagreement with the majority of the Imperial Army officers, as well as with rural and financial elites, the monarchy was overthrown by a military coup. 1 Although although SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 desire desire NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 6 among among ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 majority majority NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Brazilians Brazilian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 change change VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 15 15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 12 obl _ _ 22 November November PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod:unmarked _ _ 23 1889 1889 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 21 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 disagreement disagreement NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 majority majority NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 Imperial Imperial PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 Army Army PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 officers officer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 36 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 43 cc _ _ 37 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 36 fixed _ _ 38 as as ADP IN _ 36 fixed _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 rural rural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 financial financial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 conj _ _ 43 elites elite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 monarchy monarchy NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 overthrown overthrow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 49 by by ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 military military ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 coup coup NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | 15 November | | in disagreement with the majority of the Army officers as rural elites; the country's form of government *obj*; change *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **overthrow** | past · passive | a military coup | the monarchy | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **form** | | the country | government | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | 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, «Brazil», 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Brazil/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Brazil/83/) - ↑ back to [Brazil](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Brazil/)