--- title: The western sectors, controlled by France, the United Kingdom, and t… — Germany · tree and pragmatics description: The western sectors, controlled by France, the United Kingdom, and the United States, were merged on 23 May 1949 to form the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) (Bundesrepublik Deutschland; BRD); on 7 October 1949, the Soviet Zone became the German Democratic Republic (GDR) (Deutsche Demokratische Rep --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Germany/112/) [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/) / [Germany](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Germany/) / 112 # Germany, sentence 112 From Wikipedia, [«Germany»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany), 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 western sectors, controlled by France, the United Kingdom, and the United States, were merged on 23 May 1949 to form the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) (Bundesrepublik Deutschland; BRD); on 7 October 1949, the Soviet Zone became the German Democratic Republic (GDR) (Deutsche Demokratische Republik; DDR). **Who acts:** 23 May, Soviet Zone · **What happens:** control, merge, form, become · **To what, where:** western sectors, 7, Federal Republic This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Germany». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (23 May, Soviet Zone), 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:Germany:112 # text = The western sectors, controlled by France, the United Kingdom, and the United States, were merged on 23 May 1949 to form the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) (Bundesrepublik Deutschland; BRD); on 7 October 1949, the Soviet Zone became the German Democratic Republic (GDR) (Deutsche Demokratische Republik; DDR). 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 western western ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sectors sector NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 controlled control VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 United United PROPN NNP _ 11 flat _ _ 11 Kingdom Kingdom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 United United ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 States State PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 merged merge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 23 23 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 May May PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl:agent _ _ 23 1949 1949 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 22 flat _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 form form VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 Federal Federal ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 Republic Republic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Germany Germany PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 FRG FRG PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 32 punct _ _ 34 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Bundesrepublik Bundesrepublik PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 36 Deutschland Deutschland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 BRD BRD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 7 7 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 19 obl _ _ 43 October October PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod:unmarked _ _ 44 1949 1949 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 42 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 Soviet Soviet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 Zone Zone PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 49 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 51 German German ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 52 Democratic Democratic PROPN NNP _ 53 compound _ _ 53 Republic Republic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 xcomp _ _ 54 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 GDR GDR PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 55 punct _ _ 57 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 Deutsche Deutsche PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 appos _ _ 59 Demokratische Demokratische PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 flat _ _ 60 Republik Republik PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ; ; PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 62 DDR DDR PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **control** | participle | | the western sectors *not said here* | | | | by France and the United Kingdom and the United States | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **merge** | past · passive | 23 May | the western sectors | | 7 October 1949 | may | | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 3 | **form** | to-infinitive | 23 May *not said here* | the Federal Republic of Germany and FRG | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location republic=Theme | | 4 | **become** | past | the Soviet Zone | | | | | the German Democratic Republic *xcomp* | 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, «Germany», 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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Germany/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Germany/113/) - ↑ back to [Germany](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Germany/)