--- title: The ruling Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party governed Syria as a police st… — Syria · tree and pragmatics description: The ruling Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party governed Syria as a police state through its control of the Syrian military and security apparatus; this system has frequently been described as totalitarian, although some scholars have preferred the term authoritarian. Who acts: ruling Arab Socialist. 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The ruling Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party governed Syria as a police state through its control of the Syrian military and security apparatus; this system has frequently been described as totalitarian, although some scholars have preferred the term authoritarian. **Who acts:** ruling Arab Socialist · **What happens:** rule, govern, describe, prefer · **To what, where:** Syria, control, system, scholars 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 (ruling Arab Socialist), 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:322 # text = The ruling Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party governed Syria as a police state through its control of the Syrian military and security apparatus; this system has frequently been described as totalitarian, although some scholars have preferred the term authoritarian. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 ruling rule VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 3 Arab Arab ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Socialist socialist NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 Ba'ath Ba'ath PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 6 Party Party PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 7 governed govern VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 Syria Syria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 police police NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 through through ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 control control NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 18 Syrian Syrian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 19 military military ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 security security NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 apparatus apparatus NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 24 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 system system NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 27 frequently frequently ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 30 as as ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 totalitarian totalitarian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 although although SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 35 det _ _ 35 scholars scholar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 preferred prefer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 authoritarian authoritarian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rule** | gerund | | | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **govern** | past | the ruling Arab Socialist | Syria | | Socialist's control of the Syrian military security apparatus | | as a police state | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent syria=Theme | | 3 | **describe** | present · perfect · passive | | this system | | | | as totalitarian; frequently *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme as totalitarian=Attribute | | 4 | **prefer** | present · perfect · passive | | some scholars | | | | the term *obj*; authoritarian *property* | tree rules | 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 321](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Syria/321/) - next →: [sentence 323](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Syria/323/) - ↑ back to [Syria](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Syria/)