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title: According to the 2010 Eurobarometer Poll, 22% of Norwegian citizens… — Norway · tree and pragmatics
description: According to the 2010 Eurobarometer Poll, 22% of Norwegian citizens responded that "they believe there is a God", 44% responded that "they believe there is some sort of spirit or life force" and 29% responded that "they don't believe there is any sort of spirit, God or life force". Who acts: citizen
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# Norway, sentence 495

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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.

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According to the 2010 Eurobarometer Poll, 22% of Norwegian citizens responded that "they believe there is a God", 44% responded that "they believe there is some sort of spirit or life force" and 29% responded that "they don't believe there is any sort of spirit, God or life force".

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**Who acts:** citizens, God, life force, sort, forces · **What happens:** accord, respond, believe, be, force, not believe · **To what, where:** spirit · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (citizens, God, life force, sort), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:495
# text = According to the 2010 Eurobarometer Poll, 22% of Norwegian citizens responded that "they believe there is a God", 44% responded that "they believe there is some sort of spirit or life force" and 29% responded that "they don't believe there is any sort of spirit, God or life force".
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	case	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	2010	2010	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	compound	_	_
5	Eurobarometer	Eurobarometer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Poll	Poll	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	22	22	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	%	%	SYM	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	Norwegian	Norwegian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	citizens	citizen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
13	responded	respond	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	advcl	_	_
18	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	19	expl	_	_
19	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	44	44	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	25	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	%	%	SYM	NN	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
26	responded	respond	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
27	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
28	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	ccomp	_	_
31	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	32	expl	_	_
32	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	ccomp	_	_
33	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	34	det	_	_
34	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nsubj	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	_
37	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	compound	_	_
39	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	39	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
42	29	29	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	43	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	%	%	SYM	NN	Number=Sing	44	nsubj	_	_
44	responded	respond	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	conj	_	_
45	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	50	mark	_	_
46	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	50	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
48	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	50	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	50	advmod	_	_
50	believe	believe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	ccomp	_	_
51	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	52	expl	_	_
52	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	50	ccomp	_	_
53	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	54	det	_	_
54	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nsubj	_	_
55	of	of	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
58	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	54	appos	_	_
59	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	61	cc	_	_
60	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	compound	_	_
61	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	61	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | 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 | **respond** *speech: other* | past |  |  |  |  |  | accord the 2010 Eurobarometer Poll | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **believe** *in a quote* | present | citizens *= citizen* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **be** *in a quote* | present | a God |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **respond** *speech: other* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 6 | **believe** *in a quote* | present | citizens *= citizen* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 7 | **be** *in a quote* | present | life force |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **force** *in a quote* |  | some sort of spirit |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **respond** *speech: other* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 10 | **not** **believe** *in a quote* | present · do-support | forces *= force* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 11 | **be** *in a quote* | present | any sort of spirit |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 12 | **sort** *in a quote* |  |  | spirit |  |  |  |  | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 13 | **sort** *in a quote* |  |  | spirit |  |  |  |  | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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