--- title: The Old Synagogue on Paul Kruger Street was purchased by the governm… — Pretoria · tree and pragmatics description: The Old Synagogue on Paul Kruger Street was purchased by the government in 1952 to become the new home of the High Court where prominent opposition figures in the Anti-Apartheid Movement were tried, including Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, and 26 others were prosecuted for treason from 1 August 1958 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Pretoria/276/) [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/) / [Pretoria](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Pretoria/) / 276 # Pretoria, sentence 276 From Wikipedia, [«Pretoria»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretoria), 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 Old Synagogue on Paul Kruger Street was purchased by the government in 1952 to become the new home of the High Court where prominent opposition figures in the Anti-Apartheid Movement were tried, including Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, and 26 others were prosecuted for treason from 1 August 1958 to 29 March 1961; the Rivonia Trial was held there in 1963–1964. **Who acts:** government · **What happens:** purchase, become, try, prosecute, hold · **To what, where:** Old Synagogue, 1952, new home, prominent opposition figures, 26 others, Rivonia Trial This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Pretoria». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (government), 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:Pretoria:276 # text = The Old Synagogue on Paul Kruger Street was purchased by the government in 1952 to become the new home of the High Court where prominent opposition figures in the Anti-Apartheid Movement were tried, including Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, and 26 others were prosecuted for treason from 1 August 1958 to 29 March 1961; the Rivonia Trial was held there in 1963–1964. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Synagogue synagogue NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Paul Paul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 Kruger Kruger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 7 Street Street PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 purchased purchase VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:agent _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 1952 1952 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 obl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 xcomp _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 High high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 24 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 33 advmod _ _ 25 prominent prominent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 26 opposition opposition NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 figures figure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 Anti-Apartheid Anti-Apartheid PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 Movement Movement PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 32 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 including including ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 Nelson Nelson PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 Mandela Mandela PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 Walter Walter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 40 Sisulu Sisulu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 26 26 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 44 nummod _ _ 44 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj _ _ 45 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 prosecuted prosecute VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 treason treason NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 49 from from ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 51 nummod _ _ 51 August August PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 52 1958 1958 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 51 flat _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 29 29 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 46 obl _ _ 55 March March PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nmod:unmarked _ _ 56 1961 1961 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 54 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ; ; PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 Rivonia Rivonia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 compound _ _ 60 Trial Trial PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 61 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux:pass _ _ 62 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 63 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 62 advmod _ _ 64 in in ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 1963 1963 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 – – SYM SYM ExtPos=ADP 67 case _ SpaceAfter=No 67 1964 1964 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 65 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **purchase** | past · passive | the government | the Old Synagogue on Paul | | 1952 | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Theme | | 2 | **become** | to-infinitive | the government *not said here* | the new home of the High Court | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **try** | past · passive | | prominent opposition figures in the Anti-Apartheid Movement | | | | Nelson Mandela and Walter *obj* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer mandela=Result | | 4 | **prosecute** | past · passive | | 26 others | | | august | for treason; to 29 March | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Patient for treason=Theme | | 5 | **hold** | past · passive | | the Rivonia Trial | | 1963 – 1964; there | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in 1963=Location | 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, «Pretoria», 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 275](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Pretoria/275/) - next →: [sentence 277](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Pretoria/277/) - ↑ back to [Pretoria](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Pretoria/)