--- title: The plan, however, called for a seemingly indiscriminate razing of r… — Buenos Aires · tree and pragmatics description: The plan, however, called for a seemingly indiscriminate razing of residential areas and, though only three of the eight planned were put up at the time, they were mostly obtrusive raised freeways that continue to blight a number of formerly comfortable neighborhoods to this day. 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The plan, however, called for a seemingly indiscriminate razing of residential areas and, though only three of the eight planned were put up at the time, they were mostly obtrusive raised freeways that continue to blight a number of formerly comfortable neighborhoods to this day. **Who acts:** three, plans, obtrusive raised freeways · **What happens:** call, raze, plan, put up, raise, be · **To what, where:** plan, obtrusive raised freeways, number · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Buenos Aires». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (three, plans, obtrusive raised freeways), 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:Buenos_Aires:98 # text = The plan, however, called for a seemingly indiscriminate razing of residential areas and, though only three of the eight planned were put up at the time, they were mostly obtrusive raised freeways that continue to blight a number of formerly comfortable neighborhoods to this day. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 9 seemingly seemingly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 indiscriminate indiscriminate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 11 razing raze VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 amod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 residential residential ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 areas area NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 though though SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 18 only only ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nsubj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nmod _ _ 23 planned plan VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 26 up up ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 32 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 33 mostly mostly ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 obtrusive obtrusive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 35 raised raise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 amod _ _ 36 freeways freeway NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 continue continue VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 blight blight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 formerly formerly ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 comfortable comfortable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 neighborhoods neighborhood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 det _ _ 49 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | participle | | the plan *not said here* | | | | for a indiscriminate razing residential areas; however *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for area=Recipient | | 2 | **raze** | gerund | | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **plan** | past | three of the eight | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **put up** | past · passive | | the plan | | | time | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 5 | **raise** | participle | | | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | past | plans *= plan* | obtrusive raised freeways | | | | mostly *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **continue** | present | obtrusive raised freeways | | | | | | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **blight** | to-infinitive | obtrusive raised freeways *not said here* | a number of comfortable neighborhoods | | | day | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=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, «Buenos Aires», 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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Buenos_Aires/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Buenos_Aires/99/) - ↑ back to [Buenos Aires](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Buenos_Aires/)