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title: In the 19th century, it was defined by the tension between classical… — Russia · tree and pragmatics
description: In the 19th century, it was defined by the tension between classical composer Mikhail Glinka along with other members of The Mighty Handful, who were later succeeded by the Belyayev circle, and the Russian Musical Society led by composers Anton and Nikolay Rubinstein. Who acts: tension, Belyayev cir
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# Russia, sentence 560

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From Wikipedia, [«Russia»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia), 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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In the 19th century, it was defined by the tension between classical composer Mikhail Glinka along with other members of The Mighty Handful, who were later succeeded by the Belyayev circle, and the Russian Musical Society led by composers Anton and Nikolay Rubinstein.

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**Who acts:** tension, Belyayev circle · **What happens:** define, succeed, lead · **To what, where:** style, other members, Russian Musical Society

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Russia». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tension, Belyayev circle), 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:Russia:560
# text = In the 19th century, it was defined by the tension between classical composer Mikhail Glinka along with other members of The Mighty Handful, who were later succeeded by the Belyayev circle, and the Russian Musical Society led by composers Anton and Nikolay Rubinstein.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	19th	19th	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
4	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	defined	define	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tension	tension	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	between	between	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	classical	classical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	composer	composer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	Mikhail	Mikhail	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	_
16	Glinka	Glinka	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	flat	_	_
17	along	along	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	Mighty	Mighty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	Handful	Handful	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
26	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	29	nsubj:pass	_	_
27	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux:pass	_	_
28	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	29	advmod	_	_
29	succeeded	succeed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	acl	_	_
30	by	by	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	Belyayev	Belyayev	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	compound	_	_
33	circle	circle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
37	Russian	Russian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
38	Musical	Musical	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	compound	_	_
39	Society	Society	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	obl:unmarked	_	_
40	led	lead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
41	by	by	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	composers	composer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	obl	_	_
43	Anton	Anton	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	appos	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
45	Nikolay	Nikolay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	conj	_	_
46	Rubinstein	Rubinstein	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **define** | past · passive | the tension between classical composer | style |  |  | century | along other members of the Mighty Handful | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **succeed** | past · passive | the Belyayev circle | other members of the Mighty Handful |  |  |  | late *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **lead** | participle | the tension between classical composer *not said here* | the Russian Musical Society |  |  |  | by composers | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by composer=Destination |

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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, «Russia», 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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