--- title: According to the Constitution of Norway, which was adopted on 17 May… — Norway · tree and pragmatics description: According to the Constitution of Norway, which was adopted on 17 May 1814 and was inspired by the United States Declaration of Independence and French Revolution, Norway is a unitary constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government, wherein the King of Norway is the head of state an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Norway/258/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [wikipedia](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/) / [en](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/) / [Norway](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Norway/) / 258 # Norway, sentence 258 From Wikipedia, [«Norway»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway), 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. According to the Constitution of Norway, which was adopted on 17 May 1814 and was inspired by the United States Declaration of Independence and French Revolution, Norway is a unitary constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government, wherein the King of Norway is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government. **Who acts:** States Declaration, Norway, King, prime minister · **What happens:** accord, adopt, inspire, be · **To what, where:** Constitution, 17, unitary constitutional monarchy, head This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Norway». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (States Declaration, Norway, King, prime minister), 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:Norway:258 # text = According to the Constitution of Norway, which was adopted on 17 May 1814 and was inspired by the United States Declaration of Independence and French Revolution, Norway is a unitary constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government, wherein the King of Norway is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government. 1 According accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 case _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Constitution Constitution PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Norway Norway PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 adopted adopt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 17 17 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 obl _ _ 13 May May PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:unmarked _ _ 14 1814 1814 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 12 flat _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 inspired inspire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 United United ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 States State PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 22 compound _ _ 22 Declaration Declaration PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl:agent _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Independence Independence PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 French French PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 27 Revolution Revolution PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 29 Norway Norway PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 unitary unitary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 33 constitutional constitutional ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 monarchy monarchy NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 appos _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 parliamentary parliamentary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 system system NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 42 wherein wherein ADV WRB PronType=Int 49 advmod _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Norway Norway PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 47 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 parataxis _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 prime prime ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 56 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 cop _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **adopt** | past · passive | | the Constitution of Norway | | 17 May | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **inspire** | past · passive | the States Declaration of Independence and French | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is a** | present | Norway | a unitary constitutional monarchy | | | | with a parliamentary system of government | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | present | the King of Norway | the head and the head | | | | of state; wherein *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | present | the prime minister | the head | | | | of government | 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, «Norway», 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 257](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Norway/257/) - next →: [sentence 259](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Norway/259/) - ↑ back to [Norway](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Norway/)