--- title: Representatives of the Syrian Interim government were invited to tak… — Syria · tree and pragmatics description: Representatives of the Syrian Interim government were invited to take up Syria's seat at the Arab League in 2013 and was recognised as the "sole representative of the Syrian people" by several nations including the United States, United Kingdom, and France. Who acts: Representatives. 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Representatives of the Syrian Interim government were invited to take up Syria's seat at the Arab League in 2013 and was recognised as the "sole representative of the Syrian people" by several nations including the United States, United Kingdom, and France. **Who acts:** Representatives · **What happens:** invite, take up, recognise, include · **To what, where:** Representatives, seat, 2013 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 (Representatives), 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:345 # text = Representatives of the Syrian Interim government were invited to take up Syria's seat at the Arab League in 2013 and was recognised as the "sole representative of the Syrian people" by several nations including the United States, United Kingdom, and France. 1 Representatives representative NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 Syrian Syrian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 Interim interim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 invited invite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 Syria Syria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 Arab Arab ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 League League PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 2013 2013 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 recognised recognise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 24 as as ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 sole sole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 representative representative NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 Syrian Syrian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 " " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 37 including include VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 United United ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 States State PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 United United PROPN NNP _ 43 flat _ _ 43 Kingdom Kingdom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **invite** | past · passive | | Representatives of the Syrian Interim government | | | | France *obl* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **take up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Representatives of the Syrian Interim government *not said here* | Syria's seat | | 2013 | | at the Arab League | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent seat=Value in 2013=Location | | 3 | **recognise** | past · passive | | | | | | as the sole representative of the Syrian people by several nations include the United States and United Kingdom | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: as representative=Attribute | | 4 | **include** | gerund | | | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 344](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Syria/344/) - next →: [sentence 346](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Syria/346/) - ↑ back to [Syria](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Syria/)