--- title: On 12 December 2024, a spokesman of the transitional government spea… — Syria · tree and pragmatics description: On 12 December 2024, a spokesman of the transitional government speaking to Agence France-Presse said that during the government's three-month term, the constitution and parliament would be suspended and that a 'judicial and human rights committee' would be established to review the constitution, pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Syria/295/) [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/) / [Syria](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Syria/) / 295 # Syria, sentence 295 From Wikipedia, [«Syria»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria), 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. On 12 December 2024, a spokesman of the transitional government speaking to Agence France-Presse said that during the government's three-month term, the constitution and parliament would be suspended and that a 'judicial and human rights committee' would be established to review the constitution, prior to making amendments. **Who acts:** spokesman, constitution · **What happens:** speak, say, suspend, establish, review, make · **To what, where:** Agence, 12, three month term, judicial rights committee, constitution, amendments · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Syria». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (spokesman, constitution), 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:Syria:295 # text = On 12 December 2024, a spokesman of the transitional government speaking to Agence France-Presse said that during the government's three-month term, the constitution and parliament would be suspended and that a 'judicial and human rights committee' would be established to review the constitution, prior to making amendments. 1 On on ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 18 obl _ _ 3 December December PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:unmarked _ _ 4 2024 2024 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 spokesman spokesman NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 transitional transitional ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 12 speaking speak VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Agence Agence PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 15 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Presse Presse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 20 during during ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 's 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 constitution constitution NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 parliament parliament NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 suspended suspend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 ccomp _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 39 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 judicial judicial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 conj _ _ 43 rights right NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 compound _ _ 44 committee committee NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ _ 46 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 review review VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 advcl _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 constitution constitution NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 prior prior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=SCONJ 56 mark _ _ 55 to to ADP IN _ 54 fixed _ _ 56 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 52 acl _ _ 57 amendments amendment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | a spokesman of the transitional government *not said here* | | Agence and Presse | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to agence=Co-Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a spokesman of the transitional government | | | 12 December | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **suspend** | would · passive | | three month term | | | during the government | the constitution and parliament *nsubj:pass* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **establish** | would · passive | | a judicial rights committee | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **review** | to-infinitive | | the constitution | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent constitution=Theme | | 6 | **make** | gerund | the constitution *not said here* | amendments | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset amendment=Product | 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, «Syria», 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 294](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Syria/294/) - next →: [sentence 296](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Syria/296/) - ↑ back to [Syria](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Syria/)