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title: This claim was repeated in a 1987 book by journalist Bob Woodward, w… — Mauritius · tree and pragmatics
description: This claim was repeated in a 1987 book by journalist Bob Woodward, who further wrote that the U.S. government feared that Mauritius could become a Soviet naval base if a "pro-Western" government did not remain in power. Who acts: journalist Bob, U.S. government, Mauritius, pro-Western government. A 
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# Mauritius, sentence 203

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From Wikipedia, [«Mauritius»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius), 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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This claim was repeated in a 1987 book by journalist Bob Woodward, who further wrote that the U.S. government feared that Mauritius could become a Soviet naval base if a "pro-Western" government did not remain in power.

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**Who acts:** journalist Bob, U.S. government, Mauritius, pro-Western government · **What happens:** repeat, write, fear, become, not remain · **To what, where:** claim, 1987 book, Soviet naval base, power · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Mauritius». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (journalist Bob, U.S. government, Mauritius, pro-Western government), 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:Mauritius:203
# text = This claim was repeated in a 1987 book by journalist Bob Woodward, who further wrote that the U.S. government feared that Mauritius could become a Soviet naval base if a "pro-Western" government did not remain in power.
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	1987	1987	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	compound	_	_
8	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	journalist	journalist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Bob	Bob	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	Woodward	Woodward	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
15	further	further	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
17	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	U.S.	U.S.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	_
22	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
23	Mauritius	Mauritius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
24	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	ccomp	_	_
26	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
27	Soviet	soviet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
28	naval	naval	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	base	base	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	xcomp	_	_
30	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	38	mark	_	_
31	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
32	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	pro-Western	pro-western	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	33	punct	_	_
35	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nsubj	_	_
36	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	aux	_	_
37	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	38	advmod	_	_
38	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	acl	_	_
39	in	in	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | past · passive | journalist Bob | this claim |  | a 1987 book |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **write** | past | journalist Bob |  |  |  |  | further *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **fear** | past | the U.S. government |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **become** | could | Mauritius | a Soviet naval base |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **not** **remain** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · do-support | a pro-Western government | a Soviet naval base *not said here* |  | power |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme base=Attribute |

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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, «Mauritius», 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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