--- title: The first phase consisted of little more than a continuation of prev… — Equatorial Guinea · tree and pragmatics description: The first phase consisted of little more than a continuation of previous policies; these closely resembled the policies of Portugal and France, notably in dividing the population into a vast majority governed as 'natives' or non-citizens, and a very small minority (together with whites) admitted to --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Equatorial_Guinea/100/) [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/) / [Equatorial Guinea](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Equatorial_Guinea/) / 100 # Equatorial Guinea, sentence 100 From Wikipedia, [«Equatorial Guinea»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea), 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. The first phase consisted of little more than a continuation of previous policies; these closely resembled the policies of Portugal and France, notably in dividing the population into a vast majority governed as 'natives' or non-citizens, and a very small minority (together with whites) admitted to civic status as emancipados, assimilation to the metropolitan culture being the only permissible means of advancement. **Who acts:** first phase, only permissible · **What happens:** consist, resemble, divide, govern, admit, be · **To what, where:** first phase, policies, population, vast majority, small minority, civic status This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Equatorial Guinea». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (first phase, only permissible), 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:Equatorial_Guinea:100 # text = The first phase consisted of little more than a continuation of previous policies; these closely resembled the policies of Portugal and France, notably in dividing the population into a vast majority governed as 'natives' or non-citizens, and a very small minority (together with whites) admitted to civic status as emancipados, assimilation to the metropolitan culture being the only permissible means of advancement. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 phase phase NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 4 consisted consist VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 obl _ _ 8 than than ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 continuation continuation NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 previous previous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 policies policy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 17 nsubj _ _ 16 closely closely ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 resembled resemble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 policies policy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Portugal Portugal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 notably notably ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 in in SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 dividing divide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 population population NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 into into ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 vast vast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 majority majority NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 34 governed govern VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 35 as as ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 natives native NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 non-citizens non-citizen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 very very ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 minority minority NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 together together ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 49 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 whites white NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 50 punct _ _ 52 admitted admit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 67 advcl _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 civic civic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 status status NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 56 as as ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 emancipados emancipado NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 59 assimilation assimilation NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 conj _ _ 60 to to ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 metropolitan metropolitan NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 compound _ _ 63 culture culture NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ _ 64 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 67 cop _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 66 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 permissible permissible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 nsubj _ _ 68 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 advancement advancement NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consist** | participle | | the first phase *not said here* | | | | of more than a continuation of previous policies | tree rules | | 2 | **resemble** | past | the first phase | the policies of Portugal and France | | | | these *nsubj*; closely *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **divide** | gerund | the first phase *not said here* | the population | | a vast majority | | notably *property* | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent population=Theme | | 4 | **govern** | participle | | a vast majority *not said here* | | | | as natives or non-citizens | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **admit** *speech: other* | participle · passive | | a small minority | civic status | | | as emancipados and assimilation to the metropolitan culture | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to status=Recipient | | 6 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | permissible *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **mean** | present | the only permissible | | | | | of advancement | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **continue** | | | previous policies | | | | | nom continuation «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, «Equatorial Guinea», 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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Equatorial_Guinea/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Equatorial_Guinea/101/) - ↑ back to [Equatorial Guinea](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Equatorial_Guinea/)