--- title: Members of the House (known as Members of Parliament or MPs) are dir… — Jamaica · tree and pragmatics description: Members of the House (known as Members of Parliament or MPs) are directly elected, and the member of the House of Representatives who, in the governor-general's best judgement, is best able to command the confidence of a majority of the members of that House, is appointed by the governor-general to --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Jamaica/262/) [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/) / [Jamaica](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Jamaica/) / 262 # Jamaica, sentence 262 From Wikipedia, [«Jamaica»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica), 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. Members of the House (known as Members of Parliament or MPs) are directly elected, and the member of the House of Representatives who, in the governor-general's best judgement, is best able to command the confidence of a majority of the members of that House, is appointed by the governor-general to be the prime minister. **Who acts:** governor general · **What happens:** know, elect, be, command, appoint, confide · **To what, where:** Members, confidence, prime minister, majority · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Jamaica». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (governor general), 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:Jamaica:262 # text = Members of the House (known as Members of Parliament or MPs) are directly elected, and the member of the House of Representatives who, in the governor-general's best judgement, is best able to command the confidence of a majority of the members of that House, is appointed by the governor-general to be the prime minister. 1 Members member NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 House House PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Members member NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Parliament Parliament PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 MPs mp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 6 punct _ _ 14 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 15 directly directly ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 elected elect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 member member NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 parataxis _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 House House PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Representatives Representative PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 governor governor NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 general general NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 33 's 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 35 amod _ _ 35 judgement judgement NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 39 amod _ _ 39 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 command command VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 confidence confidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 majority majority NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 members member NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 52 det _ _ 52 House House PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux:pass _ _ 55 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 56 by by ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 58 governor governor NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 59 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 general general NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 61 to to PART TO _ 65 mark _ _ 62 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 65 cop _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 prime prime ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | participle | | | | | | as Members of Parliament or MPs | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as member=Attribute | | 2 | **elect** | present · passive | | Members of the House | | | | the member of the House of Representatives the member of the House of Representatives the member *parataxis*; directly *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **command** | to-infinitive | | the confidence of a majority of the members of that House | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent confidence=Eventuality | | 5 | **appoint** | present · passive | the governor general | | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | to-infinitive | the governor general *not said here* | the prime minister | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **confide** | | | a majority of the members of that House | | | | | nom confidence «cognition 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, «Jamaica», 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 261](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Jamaica/261/) - next →: [sentence 263](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Jamaica/263/) - ↑ back to [Jamaica](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Jamaica/)