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title: In 2009, Sudan initiated a Southern Sudanese census ahead of the 201… — South Sudan · tree and pragmatics
description: In 2009, Sudan initiated a Southern Sudanese census ahead of the 2011 independence referendum, which would also include the South Sudanese diaspora; however, this initiative was criticised for leaving out countries with a high share of the South Sudanese diaspora, rather counting countries where the
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# South Sudan, sentence 328

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From Wikipedia, [«South Sudan»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sudan), 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 2009, Sudan initiated a Southern Sudanese census ahead of the 2011 independence referendum, which would also include the South Sudanese diaspora; however, this initiative was criticised for leaving out countries with a high share of the South Sudanese diaspora, rather counting countries where the diaspora share was low.

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**Who acts:** Sudan, independence referendum, South Sudanese diaspora, diaspora share · **What happens:** initiate, include, criticise, leave out, count, be · **To what, where:** Southern Sudanese census, 2009, South Sudanese diaspora, initiative, countries, independence referendum

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «South Sudan». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sudan, independence referendum, South Sudanese diaspora, diaspora share), 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_Sudan:328
# text = In 2009, Sudan initiated a Southern Sudanese census ahead of the 2011 independence referendum, which would also include the South Sudanese diaspora; however, this initiative was criticised for leaving out countries with a high share of the South Sudanese diaspora, rather counting countries where the diaspora share was low.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	2009	2009	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Sudan	Sudan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	initiated	initiate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	Southern	southern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	Sudanese	sudanese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	census	census	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	2011	2011	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	independence	independence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	referendum	referendum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj	_	_
18	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	also	also	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	include	include	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	parataxis	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
22	South	South	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
23	Sudanese	sudanese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	diaspora	diaspora	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
26	however	however	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
28	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	29	det	_	_
29	initiative	initiative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nsubj:pass	_	_
30	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	aux:pass	_	_
31	criticised	criticise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
32	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	33	mark	_	_
33	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	31	advcl	_	_
34	out	out	ADP	RP	_	33	compound:prt	_	_
35	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	obj	_	_
36	with	with	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	share	share	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
42	South	South	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
43	Sudanese	sudanese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
44	diaspora	diaspora	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	rather	rather	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
47	counting	count	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	44	acl	_	_
48	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	obj	_	_
49	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	54	advmod	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
51	diaspora	diaspora	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	compound	_	_
52	share	share	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	nsubj	_	_
53	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	54	cop	_	_
54	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **initiate** | past | Sudan | a Southern Sudanese census of the independence referendum |  | 2009 |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent census=Patient |
| 2 | **include** | would | the independence referendum | the South Sudanese diaspora |  |  |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diaspora=Theme |
| 3 | **criticise** | past · passive |  | this initiative |  |  |  | however *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **leave out** | gerund |  | countries |  |  |  | with a high share of the South Sudanese diaspora | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Theme |
| 5 | **count** | gerund | the South Sudanese diaspora *not said here* | countries |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Theme |
| 6 | **is** | past | the diaspora share |  |  |  |  | low *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **census** |  |  | the independence referendum |  |  |  |  | nom census «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 8 | **share** |  |  | the South Sudanese diaspora |  |  |  |  | nom share «possession transitive»: of=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 Sudan», 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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