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title: Applying a binary Black/white framework derived from U.S. legal and… — Cuba · tree and pragmatics
description: Applying a binary Black/white framework derived from U.S. legal and social history to Cuban racial self-identification therefore imposes a classificatory logic that Cuban society does not use and that systematically erases the identities of a substantial portion of the population. Who acts: Applying
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# Cuba, sentence 498

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From Wikipedia, [«Cuba»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba), 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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Applying a binary Black/white framework derived from U.S. legal and social history to Cuban racial self-identification therefore imposes a classificatory logic that Cuban society does not use and that systematically erases the identities of a substantial portion of the population.

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**Who acts:** Applying, Cuban society, that · **What happens:** apply, derive, impose, not use, erase · **To what, where:** binary Black/white framework, U.S. legal history, classificatory logic, identities

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Cuba». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Applying, Cuban society, that), 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:Cuba:498
# text = Applying a binary Black/white framework derived from U.S. legal and social history to Cuban racial self-identification therefore imposes a classificatory logic that Cuban society does not use and that systematically erases the identities of a substantial portion of the population.
1	Applying	apply	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	binary	binary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	Black/white	black/white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	framework	framework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	derived	derive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	U.S.	U.S.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
9	legal	legal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	social	social	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
12	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
14	Cuban	Cuban	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
15	racial	racial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
16	self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	identification	identification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
19	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	imposes	impose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	classificatory	classificatory	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	logic	logic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
24	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
25	Cuban	Cuban	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	society	society	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	_
27	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
28	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	29	advmod	_	_
29	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	advcl	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
31	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	33	nsubj	_	_
32	systematically	systematically	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
33	erases	erase	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	conj	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	identities	identity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	obj	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	substantial	substantial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	portion	portion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	population	population	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | gerund |  | a binary Black/white framework |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent framework=Theme |
| 2 | **derive** | past | Applying |  |  | U.S. legal history |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from history=Material |
| 3 | **impose** | present |  | a classificatory logic |  |  |  | to Cuban racial self identification; therefore *property* | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent logic=Theme |
| 4 | **not** **use** | present · do-support | Cuban society |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **erase** | present | that | the identities of a substantial portion of the population |  |  |  | systematically *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent identity=Source |

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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, «Cuba», 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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