--- title: The board consists of three members nominated by the council of each… — Nicosia · tree and pragmatics description: The board consists of three members nominated by the council of each municipality, together with three members appointed by the government, who are usually the District Officer of Nicosia District, who chairs the board, the Accountant General, and the Director of the Water Department. 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The board consists of three members nominated by the council of each municipality, together with three members appointed by the government, who are usually the District Officer of Nicosia District, who chairs the board, the Accountant General, and the Director of the Water Department. **Who acts:** board, three members, District Officer · **What happens:** consist, nominate, appoint, be, chair · **To what, where:** three members, District Officer, board This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Nicosia». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (board, three members, District Officer), 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:Nicosia:203 # text = The board consists of three members nominated by the council of each municipality, together with three members appointed by the government, who are usually the District Officer of Nicosia District, who chairs the board, the Accountant General, and the Director of the Water Department. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 consists consist VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 members member NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 nominated nominate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 13 municipality municipality NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 together together ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 members member NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 advcl _ _ 19 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 25 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 26 usually usually ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 District District PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 Officer Officer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 appos _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 Nicosia Nicosia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 District District PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 chairs chair VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 Accountant Accountant PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 General General PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Director director NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 Water Water PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 Department Department PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consist** | present | the board | | | | | of three members; the Water Department the Director *parataxis* | tree rules | | 2 | **nominate** | participle | | three members *not said here* | | | | by the council of each municipality | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **appoint** | participle | | three members *not said here* | | | | the government *obl:agent* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | present | three members | the District Officer and the Accountant General | | | | of Nicosia District; the Accountant General *conj*; usually *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **chair** | present | the District Officer and the Accountant General | the board | | | | | tree rules | 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, «Nicosia», 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 202](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Nicosia/202/) - next →: [sentence 204](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Nicosia/204/) - ↑ back to [Nicosia](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Nicosia/)