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title: A 1755 article in the English Leeds Intelligencer claims that the is… — Mauritius · tree and pragmatics
description: A 1755 article in the English Leeds Intelligencer claims that the island was abandoned due to the large number of long tailed macaque monkeys "which destroyed everything in it," and that it was also known at the time as the Island of Monkeys. Who acts: 1755 article, long tailed macaque monkeys. A se
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# Mauritius, sentence 57

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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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A 1755 article in the English Leeds Intelligencer claims that the island was abandoned due to the large number of long tailed macaque monkeys "which destroyed everything in it," and that it was also known at the time as the Island of Monkeys.

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**Who acts:** 1755 article, long tailed macaque monkeys · **What happens:** claim, abandon, tail, destroy, know · **To what, where:** island, everything, article · **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 (1755 article, long tailed macaque monkeys), 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:57
# text = A 1755 article in the English Leeds Intelligencer claims that the island was abandoned due to the large number of long tailed macaque monkeys "which destroyed everything in it," and that it was also known at the time as the Island of Monkeys.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	1755	1755	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	article	article	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Intelligencer	Intelligencer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	claims	claim	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	abandoned	abandon	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	ccomp	_	_
15	due	due	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	19	case	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	fixed	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
21	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
22	tailed	tail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	amod	_	_
23	macaque	macaque	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	_	_
25	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	27	nsubj	_	_
27	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	acl:relcl	_	_
28	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	27	obj	_	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
34	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	38	mark	_	_
35	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj:pass	_	_
36	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	aux:pass	_	_
37	also	also	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	_
38	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	conj	_	_
39	at	at	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
42	as	as	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	Island	Island	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	Monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **claim** *speech: other* | present | a 1755 article in the English Leeds Intelligencer |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **abandon** | past · passive |  | the island |  |  |  | due the large number of long tailed macaque monkeys | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: subject=Source |
| 3 | **tail** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **destroy** *in a quote* | past | long tailed macaque monkeys | everything |  | article |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Patient |
| 5 | **know** | past · passive |  | article |  |  | time | as the Island of Monkeys | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as island=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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