--- title: a voluntary association of autonomous countries in a sovereign Kingd… — Kingdom of the Netherlands · tree and pragmatics description: a voluntary association of autonomous countries in a sovereign Kingdom that is placed above them, in which the institutions of the Kingdom largely coincide with the institutions of the largest country, in which on the level of the Kingdom only a few affairs are governed, and in which from the level --- [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/185/) [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/) / 185 # Kingdom of the Netherlands, sentence 185 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. a voluntary association of autonomous countries in a sovereign Kingdom that is placed above them, in which the institutions of the Kingdom largely coincide with the institutions of the largest country, in which on the level of the Kingdom only a few affairs are governed, and in which from the level of the Kingdom a limited influence can be exerted on the smaller countries. **Who acts:** institutions · **What happens:** place, coincide, govern, exert · **To what, where:** voluntary association, few affairs, level, limited influence 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 (institutions), 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:185 # text = a voluntary association of autonomous countries in a sovereign Kingdom that is placed above them, in which the institutions of the Kingdom largely coincide with the institutions of the largest country, in which on the level of the Kingdom only a few affairs are governed, and in which from the level of the Kingdom a limited influence can be exerted on the smaller countries. 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 voluntary voluntary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 association association NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 autonomous autonomous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 sovereign sovereign NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:desc _ _ 10 Kingdom Kingdom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 14 above above ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 obl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 institutions institution NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Kingdom Kingdom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 largely largely ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 coincide coincide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 institutions institution NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 largest large ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 32 amod _ _ 32 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 obl _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 level level NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Kingdom Kingdom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 only only ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 affairs affair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 governed govern VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 63 obl _ _ 52 from from ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 level level NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 Kingdom Kingdom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 limited limited ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 influence influence NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nsubj:pass _ _ 61 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 62 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 63 aux:pass _ _ 63 exerted exert VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 conj _ _ 64 on on ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 66 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 67 amod _ _ 67 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **place** | present · passive | | a voluntary association of autonomous countries in a Kingdom sovereign | | | | above countries *= country*; that *nsubj:pass* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme above they=Destination | | 2 | **coincide** | present | the institutions of the Kingdom | | | | | with the institutions of the largest country; which *obl*; largely *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with institution=Co-Patient | | 3 | **govern** | present · passive | | a few affairs | | the level of the Kingdom | | which *obl* | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **exert** | can · passive | | a limited influence | | the level of the Kingdom | | on the smaller countries; which *obl* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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 184](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands/184/) - next →: [sentence 186](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands/186/) - ↑ back to [Kingdom of the Netherlands](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands/)