--- title: Elections are held every two years, alternating between the presiden… — Dominican Republic · tree and pragmatics description: Elections are held every two years, alternating between the presidential elections, which are held in years evenly divisible by four, and the congressional and municipal elections, which are held in even-numbered years not divisible by four. 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Elections are held every two years, alternating between the presidential elections, which are held in years evenly divisible by four, and the congressional and municipal elections, which are held in even-numbered years not divisible by four. " **What happens:** hold, alternate, divisible, number · **To what, where:** Elections, presidential elections, congressional elections This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Dominican Republic». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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:Dominican_Republic:278 # text = Elections are held every two years, alternating between the presidential elections, which are held in years evenly divisible by four, and the congressional and municipal elections, which are held in even-numbered years not divisible by four. " 1 Elections election NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 alternating alternate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 9 between between ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 presidential presidential ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 elections election NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl:relcl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 19 evenly evenly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 divisible divisible VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 26 congressional congressional ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 municipal municipal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ _ 29 elections election NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 35 even even ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 numbered number VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 amod _ _ 38 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 divisible divisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 advcl _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | present · passive | | Elections | | | year | the congressional elections *obl* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **alternate** | gerund | | | | | | between the presidential elections | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **hold** | present · passive | | the presidential elections | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **divisible** | present | | | | | year | by four; evenly *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **hold** | present · passive | | the congressional elections | | | year | by four | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme by four=Location | | 6 | **number** | participle | | | | | | | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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, «Dominican Republic», 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 277](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Dominican_Republic/277/) - next →: [sentence 279](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Dominican_Republic/279/) - ↑ back to [Dominican Republic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Dominican_Republic/)