--- title: Around 42.5% of the population were 14 years or younger, 19.6% were… — Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: Around 42.5% of the population were 14 years or younger, 19.6% were aged 15–24, 30.7% were aged 25–54, 4.0% were aged 55–64, and 3.1% were aged 65 years or older. 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Around 42.5% of the population were 14 years or younger, 19.6% were aged 15–24, 30.7% were aged 25–54, 4.0% were aged 55–64, and 3.1% were aged 65 years or older. **What happens:** be This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Nigeria». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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:Nigeria:528 # text = Around 42.5% of the population were 14 years or younger, 19.6% were aged 15–24, 30.7% were aged 25–54, 4.0% were aged 55–64, and 3.1% were aged 65 years or older. 1 Around around ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 42.5 42.5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 % % SYM NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 population population NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 8 14 14 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 19.6 19.6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 % % SYM NN Number=Sing 16 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 aged aged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 advcl _ _ 17 15 15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 – – SYM SYM ExtPos=ADP 19 case _ SpaceAfter=No 19 24 24 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 30.7 30.7 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 % % SYM NN Number=Sing 24 obl:unmarked _ _ 23 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 aged aged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ _ 25 25 25 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 24 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 26 – – SYM SYM ExtPos=ADP 27 case _ SpaceAfter=No 27 54 54 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 4.0 4.0 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 % % SYM NN Number=Sing 32 obl:unmarked _ _ 31 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 aged aged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ _ 33 55 55 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 32 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 34 – – SYM SYM ExtPos=ADP 35 case _ SpaceAfter=No 35 64 64 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 3.1 3.1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 % % SYM NN Number=Sing 41 obl:unmarked _ _ 40 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 aged aged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ _ 42 65 65 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 43 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl:unmarked _ _ 44 or or CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | young *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | 15 – 24 *obl*; aged *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | | | | | | 25 – 54 *obl:unmarked*; aged *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | | | | | | 55 – 64 *obl:unmarked*; aged *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | | | | | | aged *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | | | | | year | | 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, «Nigeria», 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 527](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Nigeria/527/) - next →: [sentence 529](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Nigeria/529/) - ↑ back to [Nigeria](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Nigeria/)