--- title: While until 2016 the armed forces were mainly conscript based, since… — Cyprus · tree and pragmatics description: While until 2016 the armed forces were mainly conscript based, since then a large professional enlisted institution has been adopted (ΣΥΟΠ), which combined with the reduction of conscript service produces an approximate 3:1 ratio between conscript and professional enlisted. 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While until 2016 the armed forces were mainly conscript based, since then a large professional enlisted institution has been adopted (ΣΥΟΠ), which combined with the reduction of conscript service produces an approximate 3:1 ratio between conscript and professional enlisted. **Who acts:** armed forces, ΣΥΟΠ · **What happens:** be, base, enlist, adopt, combine, produce · **To what, where:** large professional enlisted institution, approximate 3:1 ratio, conscript service This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Cyprus». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (armed forces, ΣΥΟΠ), 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:Cyprus:284 # text = While until 2016 the armed forces were mainly conscript based, since then a large professional enlisted institution has been adopted (ΣΥΟΠ), which combined with the reduction of conscript service produces an approximate 3:1 ratio between conscript and professional enlisted. 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 until until ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 2016 2016 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 armed armed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 forces force NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 mainly mainly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 conscript conscript ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 10 based base VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 12 since since SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 13 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 15 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 16 professional professional ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 enlisted enlist VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 amod _ _ 18 institution institution NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 adopted adopt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 parataxis _ _ 22 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ΣΥΟΠ ΣΥΟΠ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 combined combine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 reduction reduction NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 conscript conscript NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 produces produce VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 35 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 36 approximate approximate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 37 3:1 3:1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 ratio ratio NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 39 between between ADP IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 conscript conscript ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 professional professional ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 conj _ _ 43 enlisted enlist VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the armed forces | | | | | conscript, mainly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **base** | participle | | | | | | | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **enlist** | participle | | | | | | | vn volunteer-95.4-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **adopt** | present · perfect · passive | | a large professional enlisted institution | | | then | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **combine** | past | ΣΥΟΠ | | | | | with the reduction of conscript service | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with reduction=Co-Patient | | 6 | **produce** | present | ΣΥΟΠ | a approximate 3:1 ratio | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ratio=Result | | 7 | **enlist** | participle | ΣΥΟΠ *not said here* | | | | | | vn volunteer-95.4-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **reduce** | | | conscript service | | | | | nom reduction «act 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, «Cyprus», 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 283](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Cyprus/283/) - next →: [sentence 285](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Cyprus/285/) - ↑ back to [Cyprus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Cyprus/)