--- title: The article further specifies that when such a treaty or agreement i… — Kingdom of the Netherlands · tree and pragmatics description: The article further specifies that when such a treaty or agreement is submitted for the tacit approval of the States General of the Netherlands (Staten-Generaal der Nederlanden), the Ministers Plenipotentiary may communicate their wish that the treaty or agreement concerned shall be subject to the e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands/166/) [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/) / [Kingdom of the Netherlands](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands/) / 166 # Kingdom of the Netherlands, sentence 166 From Wikipedia, [«Kingdom of the Netherlands»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands), 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 article further specifies that when such a treaty or agreement is submitted for the tacit approval of the States General of the Netherlands (Staten-Generaal der Nederlanden), the Ministers Plenipotentiary may communicate their wish that the treaty or agreement concerned shall be subject to the express approval of the States General. **Who acts:** article, Ministers Plenipotentiary, treaty, Staten · **What happens:** specify, submit, communicate, be, approve, wish · **To what, where:** treaty, wish, States General This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Kingdom of the Netherlands». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (article, Ministers Plenipotentiary, treaty, Staten), 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:Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands:166 # text = The article further specifies that when such a treaty or agreement is submitted for the tacit approval of the States General of the Netherlands (Staten-Generaal der Nederlanden), the Ministers Plenipotentiary may communicate their wish that the treaty or agreement concerned shall be subject to the express approval of the States General. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 article article NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 further further ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 specifies specify VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 6 when when SCONJ WRB _ 13 mark _ _ 7 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 9 det:predet _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 treaty treaty NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 agreement agreement NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 submitted submit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 tacit tacit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 approval approval NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 States State PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 21 compound _ _ 21 General General PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Netherlands Netherlands PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Staten Staten PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Generaal Generaal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 29 der d ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 30 amod _ _ 30 Nederlanden Nederlanden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 Ministers Minister PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 35 compound _ _ 35 Plenipotentiary Plenipotentiary PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 communicate communicate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 treaty treaty NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 43 or or CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 agreement agreement NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ _ 45 concerned concerned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 46 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 cop _ _ 48 subject subject ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 advcl _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 express express ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 approval approval NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 States State PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 56 compound _ _ 56 General General PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **specify** | present | the article | | | | | further *property* | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **submit** | present · passive | | such treaty or agreement | | | | for the tacit approval of the States General of the Netherlands | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **communicate** | may | the Ministers Plenipotentiary | Staten's wish | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Topic | | 4 | **is** | shall | the treaty or agreement | | | | | to the express approval of the States General; subject *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **approve** | | | the States General of the Netherlands | | | | | nom approval «act transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **wish** | | Staten | | | | | | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **approve** | | | the States General | | | | | nom approval «act 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, «Kingdom of the Netherlands», 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 165](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands/165/) - next →: [sentence 167](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands/167/) - ↑ back to [Kingdom of the Netherlands](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands/)