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title: In 2016, a two-thirds majority of the Slovak parliament passed a new… — Slovakia · tree and pragmatics
description: In 2016, a two-thirds majority of the Slovak parliament passed a new bill that would obstruct Islam and other religious organisations from becoming state-recognised religions by doubling the minimum followers threshold from 25,000 to 50,000; however, Slovakia's then-president Andrej Kiska vetoed the
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# Slovakia, sentence 580

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From Wikipedia, [«Slovakia»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovakia), 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 2016, a two-thirds majority of the Slovak parliament passed a new bill that would obstruct Islam and other religious organisations from becoming state-recognised religions by doubling the minimum followers threshold from 25,000 to 50,000; however, Slovakia's then-president Andrej Kiska vetoed the bill.

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**Who acts:** thirds majority, new bill, president · **What happens:** pass, obstruct, become, recognise, double, veto · **To what, where:** new bill, 2016, Islam, recognised religions, followers threshold, 25,000

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Slovakia». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thirds majority, new bill, president), 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:Slovakia:580
# text = In 2016, a two-thirds majority of the Slovak parliament passed a new bill that would obstruct Islam and other religious organisations from becoming state-recognised religions by doubling the minimum followers threshold from 25,000 to 50,000; however, Slovakia's then-president Andrej Kiska vetoed the bill.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	2016	2016	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	thirds	third	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	compound	_	_
8	majority	majority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Slovak	Slovak	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	parliament	parliament	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
18	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	obstruct	obstruct	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	acl:relcl	_	_
20	Islam	Islam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
22	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
23	religious	religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	organisations	organisation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	_	_
25	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
26	becoming	become	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	19	advcl	_	_
27	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	recognised	recognise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	30	amod	_	_
30	religions	religion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obj	_	_
31	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	_	_
32	doubling	double	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	26	advcl	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
34	minimum	minimum	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	followers	follower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	compound	_	_
36	threshold	threshold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
37	from	from	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	25,000	25000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	32	obl	_	_
39	to	to	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	50,000	50000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
42	however	however	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
44	Slovakia	Slovakia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	51	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	's	's	PART	POS	_	44	case	_	_
46	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	51	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	48	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	president	president	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nsubj	_	_
49	Andrej	Andrej	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	appos	_	_
50	Kiska	Kiska	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	flat	_	_
51	vetoed	veto	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | past | a thirds majority of the Slovak parliament | a new bill |  | 2016 |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent bill=Theme in 2016=Destination |
| 2 | **obstruct** | would | a new bill | Islam and other religious organisations |  |  |  |  | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer islam=Eventuality |
| 3 | **become** | gerund | a new bill *not said here* | recognised religions |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient religion=Result |
| 4 | **recognise** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | state *compound* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **double** | gerund | a new bill *not said here* | the followers threshold |  | 25,000 to 50,000 |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent threshold=Patient |
| 6 | **veto** | past | president | the bill |  |  | then | Slovakia *nmod:poss*; however *property* | tree rules |

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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, «Slovakia», 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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