--- title: Beginning in June 1997, the new authorities ordered ex-FAZ to underg… — Kinshasa · tree and pragmatics description: Beginning in June 1997, the new authorities ordered ex-FAZ to undergo political re-education at Kitona military base in Bas-Congo (now Kongo Central), and in their absence, soldiers from the newly formed FAC and RPA occupied military camps in Kinshasa, including CETA and Tshatshi, where they raped l --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Kinshasa/122/) [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/) / [Kinshasa](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Kinshasa/) / 122 # Kinshasa, sentence 122 From Wikipedia, [«Kinshasa»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinshasa), 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. Beginning in June 1997, the new authorities ordered ex-FAZ to undergo political re-education at Kitona military base in Bas-Congo (now Kongo Central), and in their absence, soldiers from the newly formed FAC and RPA occupied military camps in Kinshasa, including CETA and Tshatshi, where they raped large numbers of women and girls, many of whom were family members of ex-FAZ soldiers. **Who acts:** new authorities, ex-FAZ, soldiers, authorities · **What happens:** begin, order, undergo, form, occupy, rape · **To what, where:** ex-FAZ, political re-education, Kitona military base, military camps, absence, large numbers This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Kinshasa». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (new authorities, ex-FAZ, soldiers, authorities), 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:Kinshasa:122 # text = Beginning in June 1997, the new authorities ordered ex-FAZ to undergo political re-education at Kitona military base in Bas-Congo (now Kongo Central), and in their absence, soldiers from the newly formed FAC and RPA occupied military camps in Kinshasa, including CETA and Tshatshi, where they raped large numbers of women and girls, many of whom were family members of ex-FAZ soldiers. 1 Beginning begin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 June June PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 4 1997 1997 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 authorities authority NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 ex-FAZ ex-faz NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 undergo undergo VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 13 political political ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 re-education re-education NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 Kitona Kitona PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 17 military military ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 base base NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Bas Bas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Congo Congo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 flat _ _ 23 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 25 Kongo Kongo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 appos _ _ 26 Central Central PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 absence absence NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 newly newly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 formed form VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 amod _ _ 39 FAC FAC PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 RPA RPA PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 42 occupied occupy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 43 military military ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 camps camp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Kinshasa Kinshasa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 including including ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 CETA CETA PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 Tshatshi Tshatshi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 55 advmod _ _ 54 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 raped rape VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ _ 56 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obj _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 nmod _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 63 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 68 obl _ _ 66 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 cop _ _ 67 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 compound _ _ 68 members member NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 acl:relcl _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 ex-FAZ ex-faz NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 compound _ _ 71 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | gerund | the new authorities *not said here* | | | | june | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **order** | past | the new authorities | ex-FAZ | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent ex-faz=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **undergo** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | ex-FAZ *not said here* | political re-education | | Kitona military base in Bas | | | tree rules | | 4 | **form** | participle | | | | | | newly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **occupy** | past | soldiers from the formed FAC and RPA | military camps | | authorities's absence | | in Kinshasa; including CETA and Tshatshi | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus camp=Experiencer | | 6 | **rape** | past | soldiers *= soldier* | large numbers of women and girls | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is a** | past | | many family members | | | | of large numbers of women and girls; of ex-FAZ soldiers | tree rules | | 8 | **absent** | | authorities *= authority* | | | | | | nom absence «state transitive»: poss=agent | 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, «Kinshasa», 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 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Kinshasa/121/) - next →: [sentence 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Kinshasa/123/) - ↑ back to [Kinshasa](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Kinshasa/)