--- title: However, the situation is not improving: "The high level of politica… — Paraguay · tree and pragmatics description: However, the situation is not improving: "The high level of political corruption, the extreme fragility of institutions, the high level of social vulnerability, the omnipotence of economic interests in political decisions, as well as the location [of the country] in the geographic heart of the South --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Paraguay/244/) [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/) / [Paraguay](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Paraguay/) / 244 # Paraguay, sentence 244 From Wikipedia, [«Paraguay»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraguay), 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. However, the situation is not improving: "The high level of political corruption, the extreme fragility of institutions, the high level of social vulnerability, the omnipotence of economic interests in political decisions, as well as the location \[of the country\] in the geographic heart of the Southern Cone and its abundance of natural resources, make Paraguay an attractive target for imperial geopolitical interests", says sociologist Tomás Palau. **Who acts:** situation, Tomás · **What happens:** not improve, make, say · **To what, where:** high level, attractive target, Paraguay · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Paraguay». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (situation, Tomás), 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:Paraguay:244 # text = However, the situation is not improving: "The high level of political corruption, the extreme fragility of institutions, the high level of social vulnerability, the omnipotence of economic interests in political decisions, as well as the location [of the country] in the geographic heart of the Southern Cone and its abundance of natural resources, make Paraguay an attractive target for imperial geopolitical interests", says sociologist Tomás Palau. 1 However however ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 situation situation NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 improving improve VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 75 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 level level NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 political political ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 corruption corruption NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 extreme extreme ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 fragility fragility NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 institutions institution NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 level level NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 social social ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 vulnerability vulnerability NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 omnipotence omnipotence NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 economic economic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 interests interest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 political political ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 decisions decision NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 43 cc _ _ 40 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 39 fixed _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 39 fixed _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 location location NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 44 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 47 punct _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 geographic geographic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 Southern Southern ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 Cone Cone PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 58 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 abundance abundance NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 conj _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 resources resource NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 64 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 65 Paraguay Paraguay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 obj _ _ 66 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 67 attractive attractive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 target target NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ _ 69 for for ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 70 imperial imperial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 71 geopolitical geopolitical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 72 interests interest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 73 " " PUNCT '' _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 75 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 76 sociologist sociologist NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 nmod:desc _ _ 77 Tomás Tomás PROPN NNP Number=Sing 75 nsubj _ _ 78 Palau Palau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 77 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 75 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **improve** | present · progressive | the situation | the high level of political corruption and the extreme fragility of institutions and the high level of social vulnerability and the omnipotence of economic interests in political decisions | | | | the location in the geographic heart of the Southern Cone and situation's abundance of natural resources *obl*; however *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **make** *in a quote* | present | | a attractive target | Paraguay | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset paraguay=Beneficiary target=Product | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Tomás sociologist | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | 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, «Paraguay», 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 243](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Paraguay/243/) - next →: [sentence 245](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Paraguay/245/) - ↑ back to [Paraguay](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Paraguay/)