--- title: The black population is mostly composed of black English-speaking Cr… — Nicaragua · tree and pragmatics description: The black population is mostly composed of black English-speaking Creoles who are the descendants of escaped or shipwrecked slaves; many carry the name of Scottish settlers who brought slaves with them, such as Campbell, Gordon, Downs, and Hodgson. 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The black population is mostly composed of black English-speaking Creoles who are the descendants of escaped or shipwrecked slaves; many carry the name of Scottish settlers who brought slaves with them, such as Campbell, Gordon, Downs, and Hodgson. **Who acts:** black speaking Creoles, many, Scottish settlers · **What happens:** compose, speak, be, escape, shipwreck, carry · **To what, where:** black population, descendants, name, slaves, Scottish settlers · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (black speaking Creoles, many, Scottish settlers), 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:Nicaragua:435 # text = The black population is mostly composed of black English-speaking Creoles who are the descendants of escaped or shipwrecked slaves; many carry the name of Scottish settlers who brought slaves with them, such as Campbell, Gordon, Downs, and Hodgson. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 population population NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 mostly mostly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 composed compose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 8 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 9 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 speaking speak VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 amod _ _ 12 Creoles creole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 14 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 descendants descendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 escaped escape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 amod _ _ 19 or or CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 shipwrecked shipwreck VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 21 slaves slave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 nsubj _ _ 24 carry carry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 Scottish Scottish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 settlers settler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 31 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 slaves slave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 38 case _ _ 37 as as ADP IN _ 36 fixed _ _ 38 Campbell Campbell PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 Gordon Gordon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 Downs Down PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 Hodgson Hodgson PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **compose** | present · passive | | the black population | | | | of black speaking Creoles; mostly *property* | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | English *compound* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | present | black speaking Creoles | the descendants | | | | of escaped slaves | tree rules | | 4 | **escape** | participle | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **shipwreck** | participle | | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **carry** | present | many | the name of Scottish settlers | | | | Hodgson *obl* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme | | 7 | **bring** | past | Scottish settlers | slaves | | | | with slaves *= slave*; such Campbell and Gordon and Downs | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent slave=Theme | | 8 | **name** | | | Scottish settlers | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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, «Nicaragua», 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 434](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Nicaragua/434/) - next →: [sentence 436](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Nicaragua/436/) - ↑ back to [Nicaragua](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Nicaragua/)