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title: However, Eduard Kokoity, the then president of South Ossetia, later… — South Ossetia · tree and pragmatics
description: However, Eduard Kokoity, the then president of South Ossetia, later stated that South Ossetia would not give up its independence by joining Russia: "We are not going to say no to our independence, which has been achieved at the expense of many lives; South Ossetia has no plans to join Russia." Who a
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# South Ossetia, sentence 252

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From Wikipedia, [«South Ossetia»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Ossetia), 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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However, Eduard Kokoity, the then president of South Ossetia, later stated that South Ossetia would not give up its independence by joining Russia: "We are not going to say no to our independence, which has been achieved at the expense of many lives; South Ossetia has no plans to join Russia."

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**Who acts:** Eduard, South Ossetia, We, South · **What happens:** state, not give up, join, not go, say, achieve · **To what, where:** independence, Russia, no, expense, plans · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «South Ossetia». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Eduard, South Ossetia, We, South), 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_Ossetia:252
# text = However, Eduard Kokoity, the then president of South Ossetia, later stated that South Ossetia would not give up its independence by joining Russia: "We are not going to say no to our independence, which has been achieved at the expense of many lives; South Ossetia has no plans to join Russia."
1	However	however	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Eduard	Eduard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
4	Kokoity	Kokoity	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	president	president	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Ossetia	Ossetia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
13	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	14	advmod	_	_
14	stated	state	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
16	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	Ossetia	Ossetia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
18	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	20	advmod	_	_
20	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	ccomp	_	_
21	up	up	ADP	RP	_	20	compound:prt	_	_
22	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	independence	independence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
24	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
25	joining	join	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	advcl	_	_
26	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	32	punct	_	_
28	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	32	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
30	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
31	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	32	advmod	_	_
32	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	conj	_	_
33	to	to	PART	TO	_	34	mark	_	_
34	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	xcomp	_	_
35	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	34	obj	_	_
36	to	to	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	independence	independence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
40	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	43	nsubj:pass	_	_
41	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
42	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	43	aux:pass	_	_
43	achieved	achieve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	38	acl:relcl	_	_
44	at	at	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	expense	expense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
47	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	lives	life	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
51	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	nsubj	_	_
52	Ossetia	Ossetia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	51	flat	_	_
53	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
54	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	55	det	_	_
55	plans	plan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	obj	_	_
56	to	to	PART	TO	_	57	mark	_	_
57	join	join	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	55	acl	_	_
58	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	57	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	53	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	53	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | past | Eduard |  |  |  |  | however, late *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **give up** | would | South Ossetia | choice's independence |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent independence=Source |
| 3 | **join** | gerund | South Ossetia *not said here* | Russia |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent russia=Patient |
| 4 | **not** **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | We |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | We *not said here* | no | our independence |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent no=Topic to independence=Recipient |
| 6 | **achieve** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive |  | our independence |  | the expense of many lives |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 7 | **have** *in a quote* | present | South | no plans |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Patient |
| 8 | **join** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | South *not said here* | Russia |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent russia=Patient |

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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 Ossetia», 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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