--- title: In 1967 the then National Capital Development Commission adopted the… — Canberra · tree and pragmatics description: In 1967 the then National Capital Development Commission adopted the "Y Plan" which laid out future urban development in Canberra around a series of central shopping and commercial area known as the 'town centres' linked by freeways, the layout of which roughly resembled the shape of the letter Y, w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Canberra/207/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [wikipedia](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/) / [en](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/) / [Canberra](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Canberra/) / 207 # Canberra, sentence 207 From Wikipedia, [«Canberra»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canberra), 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. In 1967 the then National Capital Development Commission adopted the "Y Plan" which laid out future urban development in Canberra around a series of central shopping and commercial area known as the 'town centres' linked by freeways, the layout of which roughly resembled the shape of the letter Y, with Tuggeranong at the base of the Y and Belconnen and Gungahlin located at the ends of the arms of the Y. **Who acts:** National Development Commission, Tuggeranong · **What happens:** adopt, lay out, know, link, resemble, locate · **To what, where:** Y Plan, 1967, future urban development, Canberra, central shopping, town centres This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Canberra». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (National Development Commission, Tuggeranong), 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:Canberra:207 # text = In 1967 the then National Capital Development Commission adopted the "Y Plan" which laid out future urban development in Canberra around a series of central shopping and commercial area known as the 'town centres' linked by freeways, the layout of which roughly resembled the shape of the letter Y, with Tuggeranong at the base of the Y and Belconnen and Gungahlin located at the ends of the arms of the Y. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 1967 1967 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 5 National national ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 6 Capital Capital PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Development Development PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Commission Commission PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 adopted adopt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Y Y PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 Plan Plan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 17 out out ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 future future ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 19 urban urban ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 development development NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Canberra Canberra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 around around ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 series series NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 central central ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 shopping shopping NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 commercial commercial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 area area NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 32 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl _ _ 33 as as ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 centres centre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ' 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 linked link VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ _ 40 by by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 freeways freeway NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 layout layout NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 appos _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 obl _ _ 47 roughly roughly ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 resembled resemble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 54 Y Y PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 with with ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 Tuggeranong Tuggeranong PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 nsubj _ _ 58 at at ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 base base NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 Y Y PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 nmod _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 Belconnen Belconnen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 conj _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 67 Gungahlin Gungahlin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 conj _ _ 68 located locate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 conj _ _ 69 at at ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 ends end NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 obl _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 71 nmod _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 Y Y PROPN NNP Number=Sing 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **adopt** | past | the National Development Commission | the Y Plan | | 1967 | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Theme | | 2 | **lay out** | past | | future urban development | | Canberra | | around a series of central shopping and commercial area; which *nsubj* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent development=Theme around series=Destination | | 3 | **know** | participle | | central shopping and commercial area *not said here* | | | | as the town centres | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as centre=Attribute | | 4 | **link** | participle | | the town centres *not said here* | | | | by freeways | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **resemble** | past | | the shape of the letter | | | | of the layout; roughly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **locate** | past | Tuggeranong at the base of the Y and Belconnen and Gungahlin | | | | at the ends of the arms of the Y | | tree rules | 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, «Canberra», 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 206](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Canberra/206/) - next →: [sentence 208](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Canberra/208/) - ↑ back to [Canberra](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Canberra/)