--- title: The presidents of Tanzania since independence have been Julius Nyere… — Tanzania · tree and pragmatics description: The presidents of Tanzania since independence have been Julius Nyerere (1962–1985), Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1985–1995), Benjamin Mkapa (1995–2005), Jakaya Kikwete (2005–2015), John Magufuli (2015–2021), and Samia Hassan Suluhu since 2021. Who acts: presidents. 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The presidents of Tanzania since independence have been Julius Nyerere (1962–1985), Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1985–1995), Benjamin Mkapa (1995–2005), Jakaya Kikwete (2005–2015), John Magufuli (2015–2021), and Samia Hassan Suluhu since 2021. **Who acts:** presidents · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Julius This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Tanzania». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (presidents), 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:Tanzania:137 # text = The presidents of Tanzania since independence have been Julius Nyerere (1962–1985), Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1985–1995), Benjamin Mkapa (1995–2005), Jakaya Kikwete (2005–2015), John Magufuli (2015–2021), and Samia Hassan Suluhu since 2021. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 presidents president NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Tanzania Tanzania PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 since since ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 independence independence NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 cop _ _ 9 Julius Julius PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 10 Nyerere Nyerere PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 flat _ _ 11 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 1962 1962 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 – – SYM SYM ExtPos=ADP 14 case _ SpaceAfter=No 14 1985 1985 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 Ali Ali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 Hassan Hassan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 19 Mwinyi Mwinyi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 flat _ _ 20 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 1985 1985 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 18 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 22 – – SYM SYM ExtPos=ADP 23 case _ SpaceAfter=No 23 1995 1995 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 Benjamin Benjamin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 27 Mkapa Mkapa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 flat _ _ 28 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 1995 1995 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 30 – – SYM SYM ExtPos=ADP 31 case _ SpaceAfter=No 31 2005 2005 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 Jakaya Jakaya PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 35 Kikwete Kikwete PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 flat _ _ 36 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 2005 2005 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 38 – – SYM SYM ExtPos=ADP 39 case _ SpaceAfter=No 39 2015 2015 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 43 Magufuli Magufuli PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 flat _ _ 44 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 2015 2015 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 46 – – SYM SYM ExtPos=ADP 47 case _ SpaceAfter=No 47 2021 2021 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 51 Samia Samia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 compound _ _ 52 Hassan Hassan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 compound _ _ 53 Suluhu Suluhu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 54 since since ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 2021 2021 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present · perfect | the presidents of Tanzania since independence | Julius and Ali Hassan and Benjamin and Jakaya and John and Hassan Suluhu since 2021 | | | | 1995 – 2005 *nmod:unmarked*; 2005 – 2015 *nmod:unmarked*; 2015 – 2021 *nmod:unmarked*; 1962 – 1985 *appos*; Ali Hassan and Benjamin *conj*; Jakaya *conj*; John *conj*; Hassan Suluhu since 2021 *conj* | 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, «Tanzania», 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 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Tanzania/136/) - next →: [sentence 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Tanzania/138/) - ↑ back to [Tanzania](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Tanzania/)