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title: According to a World Bank report, the number of recorded building vi… — Jerusalem · tree and pragmatics
description: According to a World Bank report, the number of recorded building violations between 1996 and 2000 was four and half times higher in Jewish neighbourhoods but four times fewer demolition orders were issued in West Jerusalem than in East Jerusalem; Arabs in Jerusalem were less likely to receive const
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# Jerusalem, sentence 284

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From Wikipedia, [«Jerusalem»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem), 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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According to a World Bank report, the number of recorded building violations between 1996 and 2000 was four and half times higher in Jewish neighbourhoods but four times fewer demolition orders were issued in West Jerusalem than in East Jerusalem; Arabs in Jerusalem were less likely to receive construction permits than Jews, and "the authorities are much more likely to take action against Palestinian violators" than Jewish violators of the permit process.

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**Who acts:** four, authorities · **What happens:** accord, record, be, issue, receive, take · **To what, where:** four, Jewish neighbourhoods, four times, West Jerusalem, construction permits, action

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Jerusalem». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (four, authorities), 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:Jerusalem:284
# text = According to a World Bank report, the number of recorded building violations between 1996 and 2000 was four and half times higher in Jewish neighbourhoods but four times fewer demolition orders were issued in West Jerusalem than in East Jerusalem; Arabs in Jerusalem were less likely to receive construction permits than Jews, and "the authorities are much more likely to take action against Palestinian violators" than Jewish violators of the permit process.
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	case	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	World	World	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Bank	Bank	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
12	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	violations	violation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
14	between	between	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	1996	1996	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	2000	2000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	conj	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	48	nsubj	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
21	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	22	compound	_	_
22	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obl:unmarked	_	_
23	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	19	conj	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	Jewish	Jewish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	neighbourhoods	neighbourhood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obl	_	_
27	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
28	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	29	nummod	_	_
29	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	nsubj:pass	_	_
30	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	32	amod	_	_
31	demolition	demolition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
32	orders	order	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	nsubj:pass	_	_
33	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	aux:pass	_	_
34	issued	issue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	conj	_	_
35	in	in	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	West	West	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	compound	_	_
37	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
38	than	than	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
39	in	in	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	East	East	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	compound	_	_
41	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	43	punct	_	_
43	Arabs	Arab	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	48	nsubj	_	_
44	in	in	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	nmod	_	_
46	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	48	cop	_	_
47	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	48	advmod	_	_
48	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
49	to	to	PART	TO	_	50	mark	_	_
50	receive	receive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	48	xcomp	_	_
51	construction	construction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	compound	_	_
52	permits	permit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	obj	_	_
53	than	than	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	Jews	Jew	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	52	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
57	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	63	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	authorities	authority	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	63	nsubj	_	_
60	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	63	cop	_	_
61	much	much	ADV	RB	_	62	advmod	_	_
62	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	63	advmod	_	_
63	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	conj	_	_
64	to	to	PART	TO	_	65	mark	_	_
65	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	63	xcomp	_	_
66	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	obj	_	_
67	against	against	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
68	Palestinian	Palestinian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	69	amod	_	_
69	violators	violator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	65	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	69	punct	_	_
71	than	than	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
72	Jewish	Jewish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	73	amod	_	_
73	violators	violator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	69	nmod	_	_
74	of	of	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
75	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	77	det	_	_
76	permit	permit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	77	compound	_	_
77	process	process	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	48	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **record** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | past |  | four |  |  |  | accord a Bank report and the number of recorded building violations between 1996 | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  |  |  |  | Jewish neighbourhoods | time |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **issue** | past · passive |  | four times |  | West Jerusalem |  | than East Jerusalem; fewer demolition orders *nsubj:pass* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 6 | **is** | past | four |  |  |  |  | Arabs in Jerusalem *nsubj*; less, likely *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **receive** | to-infinitive | four *not said here* | construction permits |  |  |  | than Jews | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent permit=Theme |
| 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the authorities |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |
| 9 | **take** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the authorities *not said here* | action |  | Palestinian violators than Jewish violators of the permit process |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent action=Theme against violator=Destination |

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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, «Jerusalem», 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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