--- title: The Maldives consists of 1,192 coral islands grouped in a double cha… — Maldives · tree and pragmatics description: The Maldives consists of 1,192 coral islands grouped in a double chain of 26 atolls, that stretch along a length of 871 km north to south, 130 km east to west, spread over roughly 90000 km², of which only 298 km2 is dry land, making this one of the world's most dispersed countries. 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The Maldives consists of 1,192 coral islands grouped in a double chain of 26 atolls, that stretch along a length of 871 km north to south, 130 km east to west, spread over roughly 90000 km², of which only 298 km2 is dry land, making this one of the world's most dispersed countries. **Who acts:** Maldives, that · **What happens:** consist, group, stretch, spread, be, make · **To what, where:** 1,192 coral islands, double chain, length, 90000 km ², dry land, one This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Maldives». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Maldives, that), 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:Maldives:190 # text = The Maldives consists of 1,192 coral islands grouped in a double chain of 26 atolls, that stretch along a length of 871 km north to south, 130 km east to west, spread over roughly 90000 km², of which only 298 km2 is dry land, making this one of the world's most dispersed countries. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Maldives Maldives PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 consists consist VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 1,192 1,192 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 6 coral coral ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 8 grouped group VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 double double ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 26 26 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 atolls atoll NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 stretch stretch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 along along ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 871 871 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 km km NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 25 north north ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 south south ADV RB _ 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 130 130 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 km km NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 31 east east ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 west west ADV RB _ 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 36 over over ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 roughly roughly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 90000 90000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 39 km km NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ² ² NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 44 only only ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 298 298 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 49 nsubj _ _ 46 km2 km2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 45 flat _ _ 47 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 48 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 52 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 det _ _ 53 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 57 's 's PART POS _ 56 case _ _ 58 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 59 advmod _ _ 59 dispersed disperse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 amod _ _ 60 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consist** | present | the Maldives | | | | | of 1,192 coral islands | tree rules | | 2 | **group** | participle | | 1,192 coral islands *not said here* | | | | in a double chain of 26 atolls *goal* | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent in chain=Goal | | 3 | **stretch** | present | that | | | a length of 871 km and 130 km | | east *property* | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along length=Location | | 4 | **spread** | participle | that *not said here* | | | 90000 km ² | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over ²=Location | | 5 | **is a** | present | | dry land | | | | which *nsubj*; 298 *nsubj* | tree rules | | 6 | **make** | gerund | that *not said here* | this one of the world's dispersed countries | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset one=Product | | 7 | **disperse** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | 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, «Maldives», 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 189](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Maldives/189/) - next →: [sentence 191](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Maldives/191/) - ↑ back to [Maldives](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Maldives/)