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title: Sterculia apetala (Panama tree): One theory suggests that the name d… — Panama · tree and pragmatics
description: Sterculia apetala (Panama tree): One theory suggests that the name derives from the Sterculia apetala tree, commonly known as the Panama tree, which is native to the region and holds national significance. Who acts: One theory, name, Panama tree. A sentence of Wikipedia's «Panama» with its dependenc
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# Panama, sentence 19

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From Wikipedia, [«Panama»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama), 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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Sterculia apetala (Panama tree): One theory suggests that the name derives from the Sterculia apetala tree, commonly known as the Panama tree, which is native to the region and holds national significance.

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**Who acts:** One theory, name, Panama tree · **What happens:** suggest, derive, know, be, hold · **To what, where:** Sterculia apetala tree, national significance, Sterculia apetala

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Panama». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (One theory, name, Panama tree), 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:Panama:19
# text = Sterculia apetala (Panama tree): One theory suggests that the name derives from the Sterculia apetala tree, commonly known as the Panama tree, which is native to the region and holds national significance.
1	Sterculia	Sterculia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	apetala	apetala	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Panama	Panama	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
8	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	theory	theory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	suggests	suggest	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	derives	derive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
17	Sterculia	Sterculia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
18	apetala	apetala	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	commonly	commonly	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	conj	_	_
23	as	as	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	Panama	Panama	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	_
26	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
28	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	30	nsubj	_	_
29	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	cop	_	_
30	native	native	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
31	to	to	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	region	region	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	conj	_	_
36	national	national	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	significance	significance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | present | One theory |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **derive** | present | the name |  |  | the Sterculia apetala tree |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from tree=Material |
| 3 | **know** | participle | One theory *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as the Panama tree; commonly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as tree=Attribute |
| 4 | **is** | present | the Panama tree |  |  |  |  | to the region; native *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **hold** | present | the Panama tree *not said here* | national significance |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent significance=Theme |

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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, «Panama», 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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