--- title: Credible non-governmental organisations estimate that "770,000 peopl… — Cambodia · tree and pragmatics description: Credible non-governmental organisations estimate that "770,000 people have been adversely affected by land grabbing covering at least four million hectares (nearly 10 million acres) of land that have been confiscated", says Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH). 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Credible non-governmental organisations estimate that "770,000 people have been adversely affected by land grabbing covering at least four million hectares (nearly 10 million acres) of land that have been confiscated", says Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH). **Who acts:** Credible non-governmental organisations, land · **What happens:** estimate, affect, grab, cover, confiscate, say · **To what, where:** 770,000 people, million hectares, land · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Cambodia». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Credible non-governmental organisations, land), 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:Cambodia:246 # text = Credible non-governmental organisations estimate that "770,000 people have been adversely affected by land grabbing covering at least four million hectares (nearly 10 million acres) of land that have been confiscated", says Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH). 1 Credible credible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 non-governmental non-governmental ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 organisations organisation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 estimate estimate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 770,000 770,000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 10 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 aux:pass _ _ 11 adversely adversely ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 affected affect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 15 grabbing grab VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 16 covering cover VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 xcomp _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 20 nmod _ _ 19 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 compound _ _ 20 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 hectares hectare NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 22 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 25 compound _ _ 25 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 26 acres acre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 26 punct _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 confiscated confiscate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 " " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 37 Paris Paris PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 based base VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 amod _ _ 40 International International ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 Federation Federation PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 ccomp _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 Human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 Rights Right PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ _ 45 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 FIDH FIDH PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **estimate** | present | Credible non-governmental organisations | | | | | | vn estimate-34.2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Value | | 2 | **affect** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | land | 770,000 people | | | | adversely *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 3 | **grab** *in a quote* | gerund | land *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **cover** *in a quote* | gerund | land *not said here* | million hectares and million acres of land | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hectare=Destination | | 5 | **confiscate** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | land | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | | | | | based International Federation for Human Rights *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **base** | participle | | | | | | Paris *compound* | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent | 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, «Cambodia», 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 245](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Cambodia/245/) - next →: [sentence 247](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Cambodia/247/) - ↑ back to [Cambodia](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Cambodia/)