--- title: As a transitional measure, however, only Netherlands law necessary t… — Kingdom of the Netherlands · tree and pragmatics description: As a transitional measure, however, only Netherlands law necessary to function within its legal system took immediate effect when the BES islands joined the Netherlands on 10 October 2010, while most laws of the Netherlands Antilles remained in force. 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As a transitional measure, however, only Netherlands law necessary to function within its legal system took immediate effect when the BES islands joined the Netherlands on 10 October 2010, while most laws of the Netherlands Antilles remained in force. **Who acts:** legal system, BES islands, most laws · **What happens:** function, take, join, remain · **To what, where:** immediate effect, Netherlands, 10, force 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 (legal system, BES islands, most laws), 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:209 # text = As a transitional measure, however, only Netherlands law necessary to function within its legal system took immediate effect when the BES islands joined the Netherlands on 10 October 2010, while most laws of the Netherlands Antilles remained in force. 1 As as ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 transitional transitional ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 measure measure NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 however however ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 only only ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 Netherlands Netherlands PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 function function VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 csubj _ _ 14 within within ADP IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 legal legal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 system system NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 19 immediate immediate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 when when SCONJ WRB _ 25 mark _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 BES be NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 compound _ _ 24 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 25 joined join VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Netherlands Netherlands PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 25 obl _ _ 30 October October PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod:unmarked _ _ 31 2010 2010 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 29 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 33 while while SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 34 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 35 amod _ _ 35 laws law NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 Netherlands Netherlands PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 Antilles Antilles PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 40 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **function** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **take** | past | Council's legal system | immediate effect | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Theme | | 3 | **join** | past | BES islands | the Netherlands | | 10 October 2010 | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent netherlands=Patient | | 4 | **remain** | past | most laws of the Netherlands Antilles | | | force | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in force=Location | 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 208](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands/208/) - next →: [sentence 210](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands/210/) - ↑ back to [Kingdom of the Netherlands](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands/)