--- title: Since 2017, Article 1 of the Samoan Constitution states that "Samoa… — Samoa · tree and pragmatics description: Since 2017, Article 1 of the Samoan Constitution states that "Samoa is a Christian nation founded of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit". Who acts: Article, Samoa. A sentence of Wikipedia's «Samoa» with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Samoa/291/) [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/) / [Samoa](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Samoa/) / 291 # Samoa, sentence 291 From Wikipedia, [«Samoa»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoa), 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. Since 2017, Article 1 of the Samoan Constitution states that "Samoa is a Christian nation founded of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit". **Who acts:** Article, Samoa · **What happens:** state, be, found, article · **To what, where:** Christian nation, Samoan Constitution · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Samoa». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Article, Samoa), 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:Samoa:291 # text = Since 2017, Article 1 of the Samoan Constitution states that "Samoa is a Christian nation founded of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit". 1 Since since ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 2017 2017 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 Article article NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 5 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 flat _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 Samoan Samoan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 Constitution Constitution PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 10 states state VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Samoa Samoa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 nation nation NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 ccomp _ _ 18 founded found VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl:agent _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Son Son PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 Holy Holy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 flat _ _ 29 Spirit Spirit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **state** *speech: other* | present | Article of the Samoan Constitution | | | | since 2017 | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Samoa | a Christian nation | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **found** *in a quote* | participle | | a Christian nation *not said here* | | | | God *obl:agent* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **article** | | | the Samoan Constitution | | | | | nom article «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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, «Samoa», 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 290](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Samoa/290/) - next →: [sentence 292](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Samoa/292/) - ↑ back to [Samoa](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Samoa/)