--- title: In October the junta expelled French troops from the country, presen… — Niger · tree and pragmatics description: In October the junta expelled French troops from the country, presenting the move as a step towards sovereignty from the former colonial power, and in December it suspended cooperation with the Francophonie alleging its promotion of French interests. Who acts: junta. 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In October the junta expelled French troops from the country, presenting the move as a step towards sovereignty from the former colonial power, and in December it suspended cooperation with the Francophonie alleging its promotion of French interests. **Who acts:** junta · **What happens:** expel, present, suspend, allege, promote · **To what, where:** French troops, country, move, former colonial power, cooperation, promotion This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Niger». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (junta), 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:Niger:212 # text = In October the junta expelled French troops from the country, presenting the move as a step towards sovereignty from the former colonial power, and in December it suspended cooperation with the Francophonie alleging its promotion of French interests. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 October October PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 junta junta NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 expelled expel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 French French ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 troops troops NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 5 obj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 presenting present VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 move move NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 as as ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 18 towards towards ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 sovereignty sovereignty NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 23 colonial colonial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 December December PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 suspended suspend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 31 cooperation cooperation NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Francophonie Francophonie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 alleging allege VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 36 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 promotion promotion NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 French French ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 interests interest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **expel** | past | the junta | French troops | | the country | october | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent troops=Theme from country=Source | | 2 | **present** | gerund | the junta *not said here* | the move | | the former colonial power | | as a step; towards sovereignty | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent move=Theme | | 3 | **suspend** | past | junta | cooperation | | | december | with the Francophonie | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cooperation=Theme | | 4 | **allege** *speech: other* | gerund | junta *not said here* | junta's promotion of French interests | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent promotion=Topic | | 5 | **promote** | | junta | French interests | | | | | nom promotion «communication transitive»: poss=agent 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, «Niger», 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 211](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Niger/211/) - next →: [sentence 213](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Niger/213/) - ↑ back to [Niger](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Niger/)