--- title: Although Christopher Columbus was the first European to sight Guyana… — Guyana · tree and pragmatics description: Although Christopher Columbus was the first European to sight Guyana during his third voyage (in 1498), and Sir Walter Raleigh wrote an account in 1596, the Dutch were the first Europeans to establish colonies: Pomeroon (1581), Essequibo (1616), Berbice (1627), and Demerara (1752). 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Although Christopher Columbus was the first European to sight Guyana during his third voyage (in 1498), and Sir Walter Raleigh wrote an account in 1596, the Dutch were the first Europeans to establish colonies: Pomeroon (1581), Essequibo (1616), Berbice (1627), and Demerara (1752). **Who acts:** Christopher, Walter, Dutch · **What happens:** be, write, establish, voyage · **To what, where:** account, 1596, first Europeans, colonies This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Guyana». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Christopher, Walter, Dutch), 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:Guyana:34 # text = Although Christopher Columbus was the first European to sight Guyana during his third voyage (in 1498), and Sir Walter Raleigh wrote an account in 1596, the Dutch were the first Europeans to establish colonies: Pomeroon (1581), Essequibo (1616), Berbice (1627), and Demerara (1752). 1 Although although SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 2 Christopher Christopher PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 Columbus Columbus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 amod _ _ 7 European European ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 advcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 10 Guyana Guyana PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 11 during during ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 14 amod _ _ 14 voyage voyage NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 15 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 1498 1498 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 14 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod:desc _ _ 22 Walter Walter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 Raleigh Raleigh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 flat _ _ 24 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 25 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 1596 1596 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Dutch Dutch PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 32 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 35 amod _ _ 35 Europeans European PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 establish establish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 38 colonies colony NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 40 Pomeroon Pomeroon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 appos _ _ 41 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 1581 1581 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 40 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 Essequibo Essequibo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 46 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 1616 1616 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 45 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 Berbice Berbice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 51 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 1627 1627 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 50 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 Demerara Demerara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 appos _ _ 57 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 1752 1752 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 56 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Christopher | | | | during Christopher's third voyage | sight *conj*; european *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **write** | past | Walter Sir | a account | | 1596 | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent account=Theme in 1596=Destination | | 3 | **is a** | past | the Dutch | the first Europeans | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **establish** | to-infinitive | the Dutch *not said here* | colonies | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colony=Patient | | 5 | **voyage** | | Christopher | | | | | | nom voyage «act transitive»: poss=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, «Guyana», 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Guyana/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Guyana/35/) - ↑ back to [Guyana](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Guyana/)