--- title: There are island councils, each headed by a mayor, on all of the inh… — Cook Islands · tree and pragmatics description: There are island councils, each headed by a mayor, on all of the inhabited outer islands (Outer Islands Local Government Act 1987 with amendments up to 2004, and Palmerston Island Local Government Act 1993) except Nassau, which is governed by Pukapuka (Suwarrow, with only one caretaker living on the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Cook_Islands/118/) [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/) / [Cook Islands](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Cook_Islands/) / 118 # Cook Islands, sentence 118 From Wikipedia, [«Cook Islands»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Islands), 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. There are island councils, each headed by a mayor, on all of the inhabited outer islands (Outer Islands Local Government Act 1987 with amendments up to 2004, and Palmerston Island Local Government Act 1993) except Nassau, which is governed by Pukapuka (Suwarrow, with only one caretaker living on the island, also governed by Pukapuka, is not counted with the inhabited islands in this context). **Who acts:** island councils, each, Pukapuka, one caretaker · **What happens:** be, head, inhabit, govern, live, not count · **To what, where:** island councils, Local Government Act, island This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Cook Islands». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (island councils, each, Pukapuka, one caretaker), 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:Cook_Islands:118 # text = There are island councils, each headed by a mayor, on all of the inhabited outer islands (Outer Islands Local Government Act 1987 with amendments up to 2004, and Palmerston Island Local Government Act 1993) except Nassau, which is governed by Pukapuka (Suwarrow, with only one caretaker living on the island, also governed by Pukapuka, is not counted with the inhabited islands in this context). 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 councils council NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 7 nsubj _ _ 7 headed head VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 mayor mayor NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 inhabited inhabit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 amod _ _ 17 outer outer ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 19 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Outer outer ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Islands Island PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 18 appos _ _ 22 Local local ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 23 Government Government PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 Act Act PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 1987 1987 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 24 flat _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 amendments amendment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 28 up up ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 2004 2004 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 33 Palmerston Palmerston PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 Island Island PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 Local Local PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 36 Government Government PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 Act Act PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 1993 1993 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 37 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 38 punct _ _ 40 except except ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Nassau Nassau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 governed govern VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ _ 46 by by ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 Pukapuka Pukapuka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 48 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 Suwarrow Suwarrow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 only only ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 54 nummod _ _ 54 caretaker caretaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 55 living live VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 54 acl _ _ 56 on on ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 60 also also ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 61 governed govern VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 58 acl _ _ 62 by by ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 Pukapuka Pukapuka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 65 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 67 aux:pass _ _ 66 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 67 advmod _ _ 67 counted count VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 68 with with ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 70 inhabited inhabit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 71 amod _ _ 71 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 obl _ _ 72 in in ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 74 det _ _ 74 context context NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 75 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **does** | present | island councils | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **head** | participle | each | island councils *not said here* | | | | by a mayor | vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent council=Theme | | 3 | **inhabit** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **govern** | present · passive | Pukapuka and Suwarrow | Local Government Act 1993 except Nassau | | | | with one caretaker | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 5 | **live** | gerund | one caretaker *not said here* | | | the island | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on island=Location | | 6 | **govern** | participle | | the island *not said here* | | | | by Pukapuka | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **count** | present · passive | | Local Government Act 1993 except Nassau | | | | with the inhabited islands in this context | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **inhabit** | participle | | | | | | | 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, «Cook Islands», 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 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Cook_Islands/117/) - next →: [sentence 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Cook_Islands/119/) - ↑ back to [Cook Islands](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Cook_Islands/)