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title: In 1927, the country's elections again showed the power of the True… — Liberia · tree and pragmatics
description: In 1927, the country's elections again showed the power of the True Whig Party, with electoral proceedings that have been called some of the most rigged ever; the winning candidate was declared to have received votes amounting to more than 15 times the number of eligible voters. Who acts: elections,
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# Liberia, sentence 127

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From Wikipedia, [«Liberia»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberia), 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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In 1927, the country's elections again showed the power of the True Whig Party, with electoral proceedings that have been called some of the most rigged ever; the winning candidate was declared to have received votes amounting to more than 15 times the number of eligible voters.

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**Who acts:** elections, received votes, country · **What happens:** show, call, rig, declare, have, receive · **To what, where:** power, electoral proceedings, winning candidate, received votes · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Liberia». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (elections, received votes, country), 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:Liberia:127
# text = In 1927, the country's elections again showed the power of the True Whig Party, with electoral proceedings that have been called some of the most rigged ever; the winning candidate was declared to have received votes amounting to more than 15 times the number of eligible voters.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	1927	1927	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	elections	election	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	Whig	Whig	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	Party	Party	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	electoral	electoral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	proceedings	proceedings	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	9	obl	_	_
21	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	24	nsubj:pass	_	_
22	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
23	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	24	aux:pass	_	_
24	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	acl:relcl	_	_
25	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	24	obj	_	_
26	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	29	advmod	_	_
29	rigged	rig	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	acl	_	_
30	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	29	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	36	punct	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	winning	winning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	compound	_	_
34	candidate	candidate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj:pass	_	_
35	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	aux:pass	_	_
36	declared	declare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
37	to	to	PART	TO	_	38	mark	_	_
38	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	xcomp	_	_
39	received	receive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	40	amod	_	_
40	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	obj	_	_
41	amounting	amount	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	40	acl	_	_
42	to	to	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
43	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	45	advmod	_	_
44	than	than	ADP	IN	_	43	fixed	_	_
45	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	46	nummod	_	_
46	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	obl	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	appos	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	eligible	eligible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	voters	voter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | past | the country's elections | the power of the True Whig Party |  |  | again | with electoral proceedings; in 1927 | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent power=Patient in 1927=Topic |
| 2 | **call** | present · perfect · passive |  | electoral proceedings |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme some=Result |
| 3 | **rig** | participle |  |  |  |  | ever |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **declare** *speech: other* | past · passive |  | the winning candidate |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 5 | **have** | to-infinitive |  | received votes |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=Patient |
| 6 | **receive** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **amount** | gerund | received votes *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn register-54.1-1 «NP V PP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **elect** |  | the country |  |  |  |  |  | nom election «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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, «Liberia», 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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