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title: The south and south-western parts of the plateau (at approximately 1… — South Africa · tree and pragmatics
description: The south and south-western parts of the plateau (at approximately 1,100–1,800 m above sea level) and the adjoining plain below (at approximately 700–800 m above sea levelsee map on the right) are together known as the Great Karoo, which consists of sparsely populated shrubland. Who acts: Great Karo
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# South Africa, sentence 158

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From Wikipedia, [«South Africa»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa), 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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The south and south-western parts of the plateau (at approximately 1,100–1,800 m above sea level) and the adjoining plain below (at approximately 700–800 m above sea levelsee map on the right) are together known as the Great Karoo, which consists of sparsely populated shrubland.

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**Who acts:** Great Karoo · **What happens:** adjoin, know, consist, populate · **To what, where:** south

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «South Africa». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Great Karoo), 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:South_Africa:158
# text = The south and south-western parts of the plateau (at approximately 1,100–1,800 m above sea level) and the adjoining plain below (at approximately 700–800 m above sea levelsee map on the right) are together known as the Great Karoo, which consists of sparsely populated shrubland.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	south	south	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	south	south	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	western	western	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	plateau	plateau	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	1,100	1,100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	–	–	SYM	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	16	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	1,800	1,800	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	nmod	_	_
17	m	m	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	appos	_	_
18	above	above	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	level	level	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	17	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	adjoining	adjoin	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	25	amod	_	_
25	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
26	below	below	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
27	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	at	at	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
29	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
30	700	700	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	33	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	–	–	SYM	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	32	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	800	800	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	30	nmod	_	_
33	m	m	NOUN	NNS	_	25	parataxis	_	_
34	above	above	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
35	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	compound	_	_
36	levelsee	levelsee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	_
38	on	on	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	33	punct	_	_
42	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	44	aux:pass	_	_
43	together	together	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	_
44	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
45	as	as	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
47	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	_
48	Karoo	Karoo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
50	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	51	nsubj	_	_
51	consists	consist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	48	acl:relcl	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
53	sparsely	sparsely	ADV	RB	_	54	advmod	_	_
54	populated	populate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	55	amod	_	_
55	shrubland	shrubland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	44	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **adjoin** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **know** | present · passive |  | the south and western parts of the plateau and the adjoining plain at 700 m above sea levelsee map on the right |  |  |  | as the Great Karoo; together *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as karoo=Attribute |
| 3 | **consist** | present | the Great Karoo |  |  |  |  | of populated shrubland | tree rules |
| 4 | **populate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | sparsely *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, «South Africa», 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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