--- title: The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its military wing,… — Philippines · tree and pragmatics description: The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its military wing, the New People's Army (NPA), have been waging guerrilla warfare against the government since the 1970s and have engaged in ambushes, bombings, and assassinations of government officials and security forces; although shrinking milita --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Philippines/219/) [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/) / [Philippines](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Philippines/) / 219 # Philippines, sentence 219 From Wikipedia, [«Philippines»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines), revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). 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The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its military wing, the New People's Army (NPA), have been waging guerrilla warfare against the government since the 1970s and have engaged in ambushes, bombings, and assassinations of government officials and security forces; although shrinking militarily and politically after the return of democracy in 1986, the CPP-NPA, through the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, continues to gather public support in urban areas by setting up communist fronts, infiltrating sectoral organizations, and rallying public discontent and increased militancy against the government. **Who acts:** Communist Party, democracy · **What happens:** wage, engage, shrink, continue, gather, set up · **To what, where:** guerrilla warfare, assassinations, ambushes, public support, urban areas, communist fronts This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Philippines». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Communist Party, democracy), 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:Philippines:219 # text = The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its military wing, the New People's Army (NPA), have been waging guerrilla warfare against the government since the 1970s and have engaged in ambushes, bombings, and assassinations of government officials and security forces; although shrinking militarily and politically after the return of democracy in 1986, the CPP-NPA, through the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, continues to gather public support in urban areas by setting up communist fronts, infiltrating sectoral organizations, and rallying public discontent and increased militancy against the government. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Communist Communist ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Party Party PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Philippines Philippines PROPN NNPS Number=Ptan 3 nmod _ _ 7 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 CPP cpp NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 8 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 military military ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 New New ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 People People PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 's 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 Army Army PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 20 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 NPA NPA PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 24 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 aux _ _ 26 waging wage VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 27 guerrilla guerrilla NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 warfare warfare NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 against against ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 since since ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 1970s 1970s NOUN NNS Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card 26 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 engaged engage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 ambushes ambush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 bombings bombing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 assassinations assassination NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 officials official NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 security security NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 forces force NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ; ; PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 although although SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 53 shrinking shrink VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 54 militarily militarily ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 politically politically ADV RB _ 54 conj _ _ 57 after after ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 democracy democracy NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ _ 62 in in ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 1986 1986 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 61 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 66 CPP CPP PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 67 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 NPA NPA PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 70 through through ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 72 National National ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 74 amod _ _ 73 Democratic Democratic PROPN NNP _ 74 compound _ _ 74 Front Front PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 Philippines Philippines PROPN NNPS Number=Ptan 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 79 continues continue VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 80 to to PART TO _ 81 mark _ _ 81 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 79 xcomp _ _ 82 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 83 amod _ _ 83 support support NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 obj _ _ 84 in in ADP IN _ 86 case _ _ 85 urban urban ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 86 amod _ _ 86 areas area NOUN NNS Number=Plur 81 obl _ _ 87 by by SCONJ IN _ 88 mark _ _ 88 setting set VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 81 advcl _ _ 89 up up ADP RP _ 88 compound:prt _ _ 90 communist communist ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 91 amod _ _ 91 fronts front NOUN NNS Number=Plur 88 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 92 , , PUNCT , _ 93 punct _ _ 93 infiltrating infiltrate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 88 conj _ _ 94 sectoral sectoral ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 95 amod _ _ 95 organizations organization NOUN NNS Number=Plur 93 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 96 , , PUNCT , _ 98 punct _ _ 97 and and CCONJ CC _ 98 cc _ _ 98 rallying rally VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 conj _ _ 99 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 100 amod _ _ 100 discontent discontent NOUN NN Number=Sing 98 obj _ _ 101 and and CCONJ CC _ 102 cc _ _ 102 increased increase VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 98 conj _ _ 103 militancy militancy NOUN NN Number=Sing 102 obj _ _ 104 against against ADP IN _ 106 case _ _ 105 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 106 det _ _ 106 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 103 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 107 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wage** | present · perfect · progressive | the Communist Party of the Philippines and CPP's military wing and the New People's Army | guerrilla warfare | | | since the 1970s | against the government | tree rules | | 2 | **engage** | present · perfect | the Communist Party of the Philippines and CPP's military wing and the New People's Army *not said here* | assassinations of government officials and security forces | | | | in ambushes and bombings *goal*; through the National Democratic Front of the Philippines | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent in ambush=Goal | | 3 | **shrink** | gerund | the Communist Party of the Philippines and CPP's military wing and the New People's Army *not said here* | | | | after the return of democracy in 1986 the CPP NPA | militarily *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **continue** | present | the Communist Party of the Philippines and CPP's military wing and the New People's Army *not said here* | | | | | | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **gather** | to-infinitive | the Communist Party of the Philippines and CPP's military wing and the New People's Army *not said here* | public support | | urban areas | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent support=Theme | | 6 | **set up** | gerund | the Communist Party of the Philippines and CPP's military wing and the New People's Army *not said here* | communist fronts | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient front=Result | | 7 | **infiltrate** | gerund | the Communist Party of the Philippines and CPP's military wing and the New People's Army *not said here* | sectoral organizations | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **rally** | gerund | the Communist Party of the Philippines and CPP's military wing and the New People's Army *not said here* | public discontent | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **increase** | past | the Communist Party of the Philippines and CPP's military wing and the New People's Army *not said here* | militancy | | | | against the government | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer militancy=Patient | | 10 | **assassinate** | | | government officials and security forces | | | | | nom assassination «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **return** | | democracy in 1986 | | | | | | nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent | 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, «Philippines», 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 218](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Philippines/218/) - next →: [sentence 220](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Philippines/220/) - ↑ back to [Philippines](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Philippines/)