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title: The decision to halt the implementation of the second phase of the c… — Brunei · tree and pragmatics
description: The decision to halt the implementation of the second phase of the code came after significant international backlash and pressure from countries and human rights organisations, who criticised the harsh punishments as inhumane and a violation of human rights. Who acts: decision, rights organisations
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# Brunei, sentence 340

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From Wikipedia, [«Brunei»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunei), 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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The decision to halt the implementation of the second phase of the code came after significant international backlash and pressure from countries and human rights organisations, who criticised the harsh punishments as inhumane and a violation of human rights.

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**Who acts:** decision, rights organisations · **What happens:** halt, come, criticise, implement, violate · **To what, where:** implementation, harsh punishments, second phase, human rights

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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 (decision, rights organisations), 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:Brunei:340
# text = The decision to halt the implementation of the second phase of the code came after significant international backlash and pressure from countries and human rights organisations, who criticised the harsh punishments as inhumane and a violation of human rights.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	halt	halt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	implementation	implementation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	_
10	phase	phase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	code	code	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	after	after	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	significant	significant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
17	international	international	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	backlash	backlash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	pressure	pressure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
21	from	from	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nmod	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
24	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	rights	right	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	compound	_	_
26	organisations	organisation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
28	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	29	nsubj	_	_
29	criticised	criticise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	acl:relcl	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	harsh	harsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	punishments	punishment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obj	_	_
33	as	as	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	inhumane	inhumane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
36	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	violation	violation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	conj	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	rights	right	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **halt** | to-infinitive | the decision *not said here* | the implementation of the second phase of the code |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector implementation=Eventuality |
| 2 | **come** | past | the decision |  |  |  | after significant international backlash and pressure from countries and rights organisations |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **criticise** | past | rights organisations | the harsh punishments |  |  |  | as inhumane and a violation of human rights | tree rules |
| 4 | **implement** |  |  | the second phase of the code |  |  |  |  | nom implementation «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 5 | **violate** |  |  | human rights |  |  |  |  | nom violation «act transitive»: of=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, «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.

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