--- title: The modern town was only founded in 1964, after a decision was taken… — Gaborone · tree and pragmatics description: The modern town was only founded in 1964, after a decision was taken to establish a capital for Botswana, which became a self governing territory in 1965, before becoming a fully independent republic on 30 September 1966. Who acts: Botswana. 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The modern town was only founded in 1964, after a decision was taken to establish a capital for Botswana, which became a self governing territory in 1965, before becoming a fully independent republic on 30 September 1966. **Who acts:** Botswana · **What happens:** found, take, establish, become, govern · **To what, where:** modern town, 1964, decision, capital, governing territory, 1965 This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Gaborone». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Botswana), 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:Gaborone:26 # text = The modern town was only founded in 1964, after a decision was taken to establish a capital for Botswana, which became a self governing territory in 1965, before becoming a fully independent republic on 30 September 1966. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 modern modern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 founded found VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 1964 1964 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 after after SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 decision decision NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 establish establish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Botswana Botswana PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 governing govern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 amod _ _ 27 territory territory NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 xcomp _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 1965 1965 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 before before SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 32 becoming become VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 34 fully fully ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 independent independent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 republic republic NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 xcomp _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 30 30 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 32 obl _ _ 39 September September PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod:unmarked _ _ 40 1966 1966 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 32 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **found** | past · passive | | the modern town | | 1964 | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **take** | past · passive | | a decision | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute | | 3 | **establish** | to-infinitive | | a capital | | | | for Botswana | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent capital=Patient | | 4 | **become** | past | Botswana | a governing territory | | | | in 1965 *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in 1965=Result | | 5 | **govern** | gerund | | | | | | self *compound* | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **become** | gerund | | a independent republic | | 30 | | 1966 September *obl:unmarked* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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, «Gaborone», 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Gaborone/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Gaborone/27/) - ↑ back to [Gaborone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Gaborone/)