--- title: However, there are indications that the invasion of Ukraine and the… — Moldova · tree and pragmatics description: However, there are indications that the invasion of Ukraine and the country's moves towards accession to the European Union may have led to a rise in the number of Moldovan emigrants returning to their country of birth, seeking to help the country join the EU. 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However, there are indications that the invasion of Ukraine and the country's moves towards accession to the European Union may have led to a rise in the number of Moldovan emigrants returning to their country of birth, seeking to help the country join the EU. **Who acts:** indications, Moldovan emigrants, country · **What happens:** be, lead, return, seek, help, join · **To what, where:** indications, rise, country, EU, Ukraine This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Moldova». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (indications, Moldovan emigrants, country), 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:Moldova:351 # text = However, there are indications that the invasion of Ukraine and the country's moves towards accession to the European Union may have led to a rise in the number of Moldovan emigrants returning to their country of birth, seeking to help the country join the EU. 1 However however ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 4 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 5 indications indication NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 invasion invasion NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Ukraine Ukraine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 moves move NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 16 towards towards ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 accession accession NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 European European PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 Union Union PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 22 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux _ _ 24 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl:relcl _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 rise rise NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 Moldovan moldovan ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 emigrants emigrant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 34 returning return VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 acl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 seeking seek VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 conj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 join join VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 EU EU PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | indications *not said here* | | | there | | however *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **lead** | may · perfect · passive | | indications | | a rise in the number of Moldovan emigrants | | the invasion of Ukraine and the country's moves towards accession to the European Union *nsubj:pass* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to rise=Destination | | 3 | **return** | gerund | Moldovan emigrants *not said here* | | | | | to country's country of birth *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to country=Result | | 4 | **seek** | gerund | Moldovan emigrants *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **help** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Moldovan emigrants *not said here* | the country | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Beneficiary | | 6 | **join** | present | indications | the EU | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eu=Patient | | 7 | **invade** | | | Ukraine | | | | | nom invasion «act transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **move** | | the country | | | | | towards accession to the European Union | nom move «act intransitive»: poss=agent towards=obl | 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, «Moldova», 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 350](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Moldova/350/) - next →: [sentence 352](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Moldova/352/) - ↑ back to [Moldova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Moldova/)