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title: The two main public universities are the University of Mauritius and… — Mauritius · tree and pragmatics
description: The two main public universities are the University of Mauritius and the University of Technology, in addition to the Université des Mascareignes, founded in 2012, and the Open University of Mauritius. Who acts: two main public universities, University. A sentence of Wikipedia's «Mauritius» with its
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# Mauritius, sentence 475

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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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The two main public universities are the University of Mauritius and the University of Technology, in addition to the Université des Mascareignes, founded in 2012, and the Open University of Mauritius.

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**Who acts:** two main public universities, University · **What happens:** be, de, found · **To what, where:** University, Mascareignes, 2012

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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 (two main public universities, University), 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:475
# text = The two main public universities are the University of Mauritius and the University of Technology, in addition to the Université des Mascareignes, founded in 2012, and the Open University of Mauritius.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
3	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	universities	university	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	University	University	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Mauritius	Mauritius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	University	University	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Technology	Technology	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	addition	addition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	Université	Université	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
22	des	de	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
23	Mascareignes	Mascareignes	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	founded	found	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	acl	_	_
26	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	2012	2012	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	Open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	University	University	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	Mauritius	Mauritius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the two main public universities | the University and the University of Technology |  |  |  | of Mauritius; addition to the Université *appos* | tree rules |
| 2 | **de** | present | the University and the University of Technology | Mascareignes |  |  |  | the Open University of Mauritius *obl* | tree rules |
| 3 | **found** | participle |  | Mascareignes *not said here* |  | 2012 |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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, «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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