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# Nicaragua, sentence 173

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From Wikipedia, [«Nicaragua»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaragua), 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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Following a working visit from 17 to 21 May, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights adopted precautionary measures aimed at protecting members of the student movement and their families after testimonies indicated the majority of them had suffered acts of violence and death threats for their participation.

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**Who acts:** Inter American Commission, testimonies, violence, Commission · **What happens:** follow, work, adopt, aim, protect, indicate · **To what, where:** precautionary measures, protecting members, suffered acts, majority

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Nicaragua». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Inter American Commission, testimonies, violence, Commission), 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:Nicaragua:173
# text = Following a working visit from 17 to 21 May, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights adopted precautionary measures aimed at protecting members of the student movement and their families after testimonies indicated the majority of them had suffered acts of violence and death threats for their participation.
1	Following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	visit	visit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	17	17	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	21	21	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	_
9	May	May	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
12	Inter	Inter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	Commission	commission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	Human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	Rights	Right	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
19	adopted	adopt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
20	precautionary	precautionary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	measures	measure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	_
22	aimed	aim	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	acl	_	_
23	at	at	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	protecting	protect	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	25	amod	_	_
25	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	student	student	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	compound	_	_
29	movement	movement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
31	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	conj	_	_
33	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	35	mark	_	_
34	testimonies	testimony	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nsubj	_	_
35	indicated	indicate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	advcl	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	majority	majority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nsubj:pass	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nmod	_	_
40	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	aux	_	_
41	suffered	suffer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	42	amod	_	_
42	acts	act	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obj	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	violence	violence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
46	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	compound	_	_
47	threats	threat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	conj	_	_
48	for	for	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	50	nmod:poss	_	_
50	participation	participation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **work** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **adopt** | past | the Inter American Commission on Human Rights | precautionary measures and Commission's families |  |  |  | follow a working visit from 17 to 21  May | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Theme |
| 4 | **aim** | participle |  | precautionary measures and Commission's families *not said here* |  | protecting members of the student movement |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 5 | **protect** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **indicate** | past | testimonies | suffered acts of violence and death threats for Commission's participation |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot act=Topic |
| 7 | **suffer** | past · perfect · passive |  | the majority of Commission |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 8 | **act** |  | violence and death threats for Commission's participation |  |  |  |  |  | nom act «communication intransitive»: of=agent |
| 9 | **participate** |  | Commission |  |  |  |  |  | nom participation «act intransitive»: poss=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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