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title: According to Costa Rica Vacations, once tourists arrive in the count… — Costa Rica · tree and pragmatics
description: According to Costa Rica Vacations, once tourists arrive in the country, 22% go to Tamarindo, 18% go to Arenal, 17% pass through Liberia (where the Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport is located), 16% go to San José, the country's capital (passing through Juan Santamaría International Airport)
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# Costa Rica, sentence 200

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From Wikipedia, [«Costa Rica»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica), 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.

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According to Costa Rica Vacations, once tourists arrive in the country, 22% go to Tamarindo, 18% go to Arenal, 17% pass through Liberia (where the Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport is located), 16% go to San José, the country's capital (passing through Juan Santamaría International Airport), while 18% choose Manuel Antonio and 7% Monteverde.

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**Who acts:** tourists, capital · **What happens:** accord, arrive, go, pass, locate, choose · **To what, where:** country, Tamarindo, Arenal, Liberia, Daniel International Airport, San

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Costa Rica». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tourists, capital), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:Costa_Rica:200
# text = According to Costa Rica Vacations, once tourists arrive in the country, 22% go to Tamarindo, 18% go to Arenal, 17% pass through Liberia (where the Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport is located), 16% go to San José, the country's capital (passing through Juan Santamaría International Airport), while 18% choose Manuel Antonio and 7% Monteverde.
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	case	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	Costa	Costa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	Rica	Rica	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	Vacations	Vacation	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	tourists	tourist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	arrive	arrive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
14	22	22	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	%	%	SYM	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Tamarindo	Tamarindo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	18	18	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	21	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	%	%	SYM	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
22	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	conj	_	_
23	to	to	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	Arenal	Arenal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
26	17	17	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	27	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	%	%	SYM	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
28	pass	pass	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	parataxis	_	_
29	through	through	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	Liberia	Liberia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
31	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	40	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	40	advmod	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
34	Daniel	Daniel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	compound	_	_
35	Oduber	Oduber	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	flat	_	_
36	Quirós	Quirós	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	compound	_	_
37	International	International	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	Airport	Airport	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	nsubj:pass	_	_
39	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	40	aux:pass	_	_
40	located	locate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	30	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	40	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
43	16	16	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	44	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	%	%	SYM	NN	Number=Sing	45	nsubj	_	_
45	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	conj	_	_
46	to	to	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	San	San	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	_
48	José	José	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	's	's	PART	POS	_	51	case	_	_
53	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	appos	_	_
54	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	55	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	passing	pass	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	53	acl	_	_
56	through	through	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
57	Juan	Juan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	58	compound	_	_
58	Santamaría	Santamaría	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	60	compound	_	_
59	International	International	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	60	amod	_	_
60	Airport	Airport	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	55	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
63	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	66	mark	_	_
64	18	18	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	65	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	%	%	SYM	NN	Number=Sing	66	obl:unmarked	_	_
66	choose	choose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	45	conj	_	_
67	Manuel	Manuel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	66	obj	_	_
68	Antonio	Antonio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	67	flat	_	_
69	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	71	cc	_	_
70	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	71	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	%	%	SYM	NN	Number=Sing	67	conj	_	_
72	Monteverde	Monteverde	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	71	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **arrive** | present | tourists |  |  | the country |  | accord Costa Vacations | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **go** | infinitive |  |  |  | Tamarindo |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to tamarindo=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **go** | infinitive |  |  |  | Arenal |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to arenal=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **pass** | present |  |  |  | Liberia |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through liberia=Location |
| 6 | **locate** | present · passive |  | the Daniel International Airport |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **go** | infinitive |  |  |  | San |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to san=Initial\_Location |
| 8 | **pass** | gerund | the country's capital *not said here* |  |  | Santamaría International Airport |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through airport=Location |
| 9 | **choose** | infinitive |  | Manuel |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manuel=Theme |

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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.

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**Text:** the English Wikipedia, «Costa Rica», 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.

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