--- title: The 2021 census indicated that 8.3 million people, or almost one-qua… — Canada · tree and pragmatics description: The 2021 census indicated that 8.3 million people, or almost one-quarter (23.0 percent) of the population, reported themselves as being or having been a landed immigrant or permanent resident in Canada—above the 1921 census previous record of 22.3 percent. Who acts: 2021 census. 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The 2021 census indicated that 8.3 million people, or almost one-quarter (23.0 percent) of the population, reported themselves as being or having been a landed immigrant or permanent resident in Canada—above the 1921 census previous record of 22.3 percent. **Who acts:** 2021 census · **What happens:** indicate, report, land, be, record · **To what, where:** million people, peoples, landed immigrant, 22.3 percent This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Canada». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (2021 census), 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:Canada:298 # text = The 2021 census indicated that 8.3 million people, or almost one-quarter (23.0 percent) of the population, reported themselves as being or having been a landed immigrant or permanent resident in Canada—above the 1921 census previous record of 22.3 percent. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 2021 2021 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 census census NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 indicated indicate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 8.3 8.3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 compound _ _ 7 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 almost almost ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 quarter quarter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 15 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 23.0 23.0 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 percent percent NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 17 punct _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 population population NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 reported report VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 24 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 23 obj _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 26 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 cop _ _ 27 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 aux _ _ 29 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 cop _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 landed land VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 amod _ _ 32 immigrant immigrant NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 ccomp _ _ 33 or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 permanent permanent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 resident resident NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Canada Canada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 — - PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 above above ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 41 1921 1921 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ _ 42 census census NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 43 previous previous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 record record NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 appos _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 22.3 22.3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 47 nummod _ _ 47 percent percent NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **indicate** | past | the 2021 census | million people | | | | one quarter of the population *obl* | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot people=Topic | | 2 | **report** | past | the 2021 census *not said here* | peoples *= people* | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient | | 3 | **land** | participle | | | | | | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | gerund · perfect | the 2021 census *not said here* | a landed immigrant or permanent resident in Canada | | | | permanent resident in Canada *conj* | tree rules | | 5 | **record** | | | 22.3 percent | | | | | nom record «communication 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, «Canada», 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 297](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Canada/297/) - next →: [sentence 299](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Canada/299/) - ↑ back to [Canada](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Canada/)