--- title: The following elements helped define a distinctive sense of autonomy… — Panama · tree and pragmatics description: The following elements helped define a distinctive sense of autonomy and of regional or national identity within Panama well before the rest of the colonies: the prosperity enjoyed during the first two centuries (1540–1740) while contributing to colonial growth; the placing of extensive regional jud --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Panama/64/) [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/) / [Panama](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Panama/) / 64 # Panama, sentence 64 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. The following elements helped define a distinctive sense of autonomy and of regional or national identity within Panama well before the rest of the colonies: the prosperity enjoyed during the first two centuries (1540–1740) while contributing to colonial growth; the placing of extensive regional judicial authority (Real Audiencia) as part of its jurisdiction; and the pivotal role it played at the height of the Spanish Empire – the first modern global empire. **Who acts:** following elements, prosperity, pivotal role · **What happens:** follow, help, define, enjoy, contribute, play · **To what, where:** distinctive sense, 1540, colonial growth, height, autonomy 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 (following elements, prosperity, pivotal role), 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:Panama:64 # text = The following elements helped define a distinctive sense of autonomy and of regional or national identity within Panama well before the rest of the colonies: the prosperity enjoyed during the first two centuries (1540–1740) while contributing to colonial growth; the placing of extensive regional judicial authority (Real Audiencia) as part of its jurisdiction; and the pivotal role it played at the height of the Spanish Empire – the first modern global empire. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 amod _ _ 3 elements element NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 helped help VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 define define VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 distinctive distinctive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 autonomy autonomy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 regional regional ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 14 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 national national ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 16 identity identity NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 17 within within ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Panama Panama PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 19 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 20 before before ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 colonies colony NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 prosperity prosperity NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 enjoyed enjoy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 30 during during ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 34 amod _ _ 33 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 centuries century NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 35 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 1540 1540 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 – – SYM SYM ExtPos=ADP 38 case _ SpaceAfter=No 38 1740 1740 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 36 punct _ _ 40 while while SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 41 contributing contribute VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 colonial colonial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 growth growth NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 placing placing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 49 extensive extensive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 50 regional regional ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 51 judicial judicial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 authority authority NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 53 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 Real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 Audiencia Audiencia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 55 punct _ _ 57 as as ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 jurisdiction jurisdiction NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ; ; PUNCT : _ 68 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 65 pivotal pivotal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 role role NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nsubj _ _ 67 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 68 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 69 at at ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obl _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 74 Spanish Spanish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 75 Empire Empire PROPN NNP Number=Sing 71 nmod _ _ 76 – - PUNCT : _ 81 punct _ _ 77 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 78 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 81 amod _ _ 79 modern modern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 81 amod _ _ 80 global global ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 81 amod _ _ 81 empire empire NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **help** | past | the following elements | | | | | the placing of extensive regional judicial authority as part of prosperity's jurisdiction *conj* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **define** | infinitive | the following elements *not said here* | a distinctive sense of autonomy and regional identity | | | before the rest of the colonies | within Panama; well *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sense=Theme | | 4 | **enjoy** | past | the prosperity | 1540 – 1740 | | | century | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **contribute** | gerund | the prosperity *not said here* | | colonial growth | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to growth=Recipient | | 6 | **play** | past | the pivotal role | | | the height of the Spanish Empire | | role *nsubj* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **sense** | | | autonomy and regional identity | | | | | nom sense «cognition transitive»: 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, «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. - ← previous: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Panama/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Panama/65/) - ↑ back to [Panama](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Panama/)