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On 25 December 2015, 4,000 out of 18,000 estimated local Catholics attended the mass of Christmas Day and Christmas Eve. In 2015, the then-head of the Catholic Church in Brunei told The Brunei Times, "To be quite honest there has been no change for us this year; no new restrictions have been laid down, although we fully respect and adhere to the existing regulations that our celebrations and worship be \[confined\] to the compounds of the church and private residences". **Who acts:** estimated local Catholics, head, we, our · **What happens:** estimate, attend, tell, be, lay down, respect · **To what, where:** mass, 25, Brunei Times, change, new restrictions, celebrations · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Brunei». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (estimated local Catholics, head, we, our), 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:Brunei:316 # text = On 25 December 2015, 4,000 out of 18,000 estimated local Catholics attended the mass of Christmas Day and Christmas Eve. In 2015, the then-head of the Catholic Church in Brunei told The Brunei Times, "To be quite honest there has been no change for us this year; no new restrictions have been laid down, although we fully respect and adhere to the existing regulations that our celebrations and worship be [confined] to the compounds of the church and private residences". 1 On on ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 25 25 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 13 obl _ _ 3 December December PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:unmarked _ _ 4 2015 2015 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 4,000 4,000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 conj _ _ 7 out out ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 18,000 18,000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nmod _ _ 10 estimated estimate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 amod _ _ 11 local local ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 Catholics Catholic PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 attended attend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 mass mass NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 Day Day PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 Eve. Eve. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 22 In in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 2015 2015 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 Catholic Catholic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 Church Church PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Brunei Brunei PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 36 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 Brunei Brunei PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 Times Times PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 " " PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 To to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 43 quite quite ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 csubj _ _ 45 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 46 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 47 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 49 cop _ _ 48 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 49 det _ _ 49 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 ccomp _ _ 50 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nmod _ _ 52 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 det _ _ 53 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 60 punct _ _ 55 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 57 det _ _ 56 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 restrictions restriction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 nsubj:pass _ _ 58 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 59 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 60 aux:pass _ _ 60 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 61 down down ADP RP _ 60 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 63 although although SCONJ IN _ 66 mark _ _ 64 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 65 fully fully ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 66 respect respect VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 parataxis _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 68 adhere adhere VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 conj _ _ 69 to to ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 71 existing exist VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 72 amod _ _ 72 regulations regulation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 obl _ _ 73 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 80 obj _ _ 74 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 75 nmod:poss _ _ 75 celebrations celebration NOUN NNS Number=Plur 80 nsubj:pass _ _ 76 and and CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ _ 77 worship worship NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 conj _ _ 78 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 80 aux:pass _ _ 79 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 80 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 80 confined confine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 72 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 81 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 80 punct _ _ 82 to to ADP IN _ 84 case _ _ 83 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 84 det _ _ 84 compounds compound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 80 obl _ _ 85 of of ADP IN _ 87 case _ _ 86 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 87 det _ _ 87 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 nmod _ _ 88 and and CCONJ CC _ 90 cc _ _ 89 private private ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 90 amod _ _ 90 residences residence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 87 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 91 " " PUNCT '' _ 90 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 92 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **estimate** | participle | | | | | | | vn estimate-34.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **attend** | past | estimated local Catholics | the mass of Christmas Day and Christmas Eve. | | 25 2015 December | | in 2015 | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mass=Goal | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the head of the Catholic Church in Brunei | | the Brunei Times | | year | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent times=Recipient | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | there | | honest *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present · perfect | | no change | | | | for us | tree rules | | 6 | **lay down** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | no new restrictions | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | | 7 | **respect** *in a quote* | present | we | | | | | fully *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **adhere** *in a quote* | infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | to the existing regulations | vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to regulation=Co-Theme | | 9 | **exist** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **confine** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | | our celebrations and worship | | | | to the compounds of the church and private residences; the existing regulations *obj* | tree rules | | 11 | **celebrate** *in a quote* | | our | | | | | | nom celebration «event transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **compound** *in a quote* | | | the church and private residences | | | | | nom compound «cognition transitive»: 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, «Brunei», 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 315](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Brunei/315/) - next →: [sentence 317](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Brunei/317/) - ↑ back to [Brunei](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Brunei/)