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title: The fDI of the Financial Times in their research Cities and Regions… — Lithuania · tree and pragmatics
description: The fDI of the Financial Times in their research Cities and Regions of the Future ranked Vilnius fourth in the mid-sized European cities category in the 2018–19 ranking, second in the 2022–23 ranking, second in 2023 ranking while the city claimed 24th spot in the worldwide overall ranking in 2021–22
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# Lithuania, sentence 481

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From Wikipedia, [«Lithuania»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuania), 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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The fDI of the Financial Times in their research Cities and Regions of the Future ranked Vilnius fourth in the mid-sized European cities category in the 2018–19 ranking, second in the 2022–23 ranking, second in 2023 ranking while the city claimed 24th spot in the worldwide overall ranking in 2021–22 and Vilnius county was ranked 10th in the small European regions category in 2018–19, fifth in 2022–23, fifth in 2023 rankings.

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**Who acts:** fDI, city · **What happens:** rank, claim · **To what, where:** Vilnius fourth, cities category, 24th spot, worldwide overall ranking, Vilnius county, regions category

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Lithuania». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fDI, city), 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:Lithuania:481
# text = The fDI of the Financial Times in their research Cities and Regions of the Future ranked Vilnius fourth in the mid-sized European cities category in the 2018–19 ranking, second in the 2022–23 ranking, second in 2023 ranking while the city claimed 24th spot in the worldwide overall ranking in 2021–22 and Vilnius county was ranked 10th in the small European regions category in 2018–19, fifth in 2022–23, fifth in 2023 rankings.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fDI	fdi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Financial	Financial	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Times	Times	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	research	research	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	Regions	region	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Future	Future	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	ranked	rank	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	Vilnius	Vilnius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	fourth	fourth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
21	mid-sized	mid-sized	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
22	European	European	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	compound	_	_
24	category	category	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
27	2018	2018	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	30	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	–	–	SYM	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	29	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	19	19	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	27	nmod	_	_
30	ranking	ranking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
32	second	second	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	38	advmod	_	_
33	in	in	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
35	2022	2022	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	38	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	–	–	SYM	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	37	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	23	23	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	35	nmod	_	_
38	ranking	ranking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
40	second	second	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	43	advmod	_	_
41	in	in	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	2023	2023	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	43	nummod	_	_
43	ranking	ranking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
44	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	47	mark	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nsubj	_	_
47	claimed	claim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	_
48	24th	24th	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	49	amod	_	_
49	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	_
50	in	in	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
52	worldwide	worldwide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
53	overall	overall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
54	ranking	ranking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
55	in	in	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	2021	2021	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	47	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	–	–	SYM	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	58	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	22	22	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	56	nmod	_	_
59	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
60	Vilnius	Vilnius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	compound	_	_
61	county	county	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	nsubj:pass	_	_
62	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	63	aux:pass	_	_
63	ranked	rank	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	47	conj	_	_
64	10th	10th	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	63	xcomp	_	_
65	in	in	ADP	IN	_	70	case	_	_
66	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	70	det	_	_
67	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	69	amod	_	_
68	European	European	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	69	amod	_	_
69	regions	region	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	70	compound	_	_
70	category	category	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obl	_	_
71	in	in	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
72	2018	2018	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	63	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	–	-	PUNCT	:	_	74	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	19	19	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	72	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	76	punct	_	_
76	fifth	fifth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	parataxis	_	_
77	in	in	ADP	IN	_	78	case	_	_
78	2022	2022	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	76	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	–	-	PUNCT	:	_	80	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
80	23	23	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	78	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
81	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	82	punct	_	_
82	fifth	fifth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	76	conj	_	_
83	in	in	ADP	IN	_	85	case	_	_
84	2023	2023	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	85	nummod	_	_
85	rankings	ranking	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	82	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
86	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rank** | past | the fDI of the Financial Times in Kaunas's research Cities and Regions of the Future | Vilnius fourth |  | the cities category |  | in the 2018 ranking; in the 2022 ranking; in 2023 ranking | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent fourth=Theme |
| 2 | **claim** *speech: other* | past | the city | 24th spot |  | the worldwide overall ranking |  | in 2021 – 22 | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent spot=Topic |
| 3 | **rank** | past · passive |  | Vilnius county |  | the regions category |  | in 2018; 10th *property* | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme |

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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, «Lithuania», 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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