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While the claimed capital is the former Western Sahara capital Laayoune (which is in Moroccan-occupied territory), the proclamation was made in the government-in-exile's provisional capital, Bir Lehlou, which remained in Polisario-held territory under the 1991 ceasefire (see Settlement Plan). **Who acts:** claimed capital, Laayoune, Bir · **What happens:** claim, be, make, remain, hold, see · **To what, where:** former Western Sahara capital, Moroccan occupied territory, provisional capital, Settlement Plan This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (claimed capital, Laayoune, Bir), 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:Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic:20 # text = While the claimed capital is the former Western Sahara capital Laayoune (which is in Moroccan-occupied territory), the proclamation was made in the government-in-exile's provisional capital, Bir Lehlou, which remained in Polisario-held territory under the 1991 ceasefire (see Settlement Plan). 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 claimed claim VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 7 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 8 Western western ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 Sahara Sahara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 Laayoune Laayoune PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 12 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 Moroccan Moroccan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 occupied occupied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 territory territory NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 proclamation proclamation NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 28 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 exile exile NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 33 's 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 provisional provisional ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 Bir Bir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 appos _ _ 38 Lehlou Lehlou PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 41 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 Polisario Polisario PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 amod _ _ 46 territory territory NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 ccomp _ _ 47 under under ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 1991 1991 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 50 nummod _ _ 50 ceasefire ceasefire NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 51 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 50 parataxis _ _ 53 Settlement settlement NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 compound _ _ 54 Plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **claim** *speech: other* | participle | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | the claimed capital | the former Western Sahara capital | | | | Laayoune *appos* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | Laayoune | | | Moroccan occupied territory | | | tree rules | | 4 | **make** | past · passive | | the former Western Sahara capital | | exile's provisional capital government | | the proclamation *nsubj:pass* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 5 | **remain** | past | Bir | | | | | held territory in Polisario under the 1991 ceasefire *ccomp* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **hold** | participle | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **see** | infinitive | | Settlement Plan | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer plan=Stimulus | 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, «Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic», 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic/21/) - ↑ back to [Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic/)