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title: Kjarval, in particular, is noted for the distinct techniques in the… — Iceland · tree and pragmatics
description: Kjarval, in particular, is noted for the distinct techniques in the application of paint that he developed in a concerted effort to render the characteristic volcanic rock that dominates the Icelandic environment. Who acts: application, characteristic volcanic rock, paint. A sentence of Wikipedia's 
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# Iceland, sentence 522

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From Wikipedia, [«Iceland»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland), 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.

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Kjarval, in particular, is noted for the distinct techniques in the application of paint that he developed in a concerted effort to render the characteristic volcanic rock that dominates the Icelandic environment.

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**Who acts:** application, characteristic volcanic rock, paint · **What happens:** note, develop, render, dominate, apply · **To what, where:** Kjarval, concerted effort, characteristic volcanic rock, Icelandic environment

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Iceland». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (application, characteristic volcanic rock, paint), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:Iceland:522
# text = Kjarval, in particular, is noted for the distinct techniques in the application of paint that he developed in a concerted effort to render the characteristic volcanic rock that dominates the Icelandic environment.
1	Kjarval	Kjarval	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	noted	note	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	distinct	distinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	techniques	technique	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	application	application	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
17	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	developed	develop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	concerted	concerted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	effort	effort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
25	render	render	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	advcl	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
27	characteristic	characteristic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
28	volcanic	volcanic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
30	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	31	nsubj	_	_
31	dominates	dominate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	acl:relcl	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	Icelandic	icelandic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	environment	environment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **note** | present · passive |  | Kjarval in particular |  |  |  | for the distinct techniques in the application of paint | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **develop** | past | the application of paint |  |  | a concerted effort |  | Kjarval *nsubj* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in effort=Location |
| 3 | **render** | to-infinitive | the application of paint *not said here* | the characteristic volcanic rock |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Theme |
| 4 | **dominate** | present | the characteristic volcanic rock | the Icelandic environment |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme environment=Co-Theme |
| 5 | **apply** |  | paint |  |  |  |  |  | nom application «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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.

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**Text:** the English Wikipedia, «Iceland», 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.

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