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title: Togo's cultural life reflects traditions of its major groups: Ewe/Mi… — Togo · tree and pragmatics
description: Togo's cultural life reflects traditions of its major groups: Ewe/Mina in the south and Kabye/Tem in the north, notably the regional use of Ewe and Kabiye as widely spoken languages, Ewe-Mina religious practices centred on the creator god Mawu and associated vodun, and among the Kabye the Evala wres
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# Togo, sentence 335

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From Wikipedia, [«Togo»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togo), 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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Togo's cultural life reflects traditions of its major groups: Ewe/Mina in the south and Kabye/Tem in the north, notably the regional use of Ewe and Kabiye as widely spoken languages, Ewe-Mina religious practices centred on the creator god Mawu and associated vodun, and among the Kabye the Evala wrestling initiation rite, while the Guin community (linked historically to the Mina on the southeast coast) marks the new year with the Epé-Ekpé "taking of the stone" ceremony at Glidji.

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**Who acts:** cultural life, Kabye · **What happens:** reflect, speak, centre, wrestle, link, mark · **To what, where:** traditions, religious practices, initiation rite, Guin community, Ewe, stone · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Togo». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (cultural life, Kabye), 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:Togo:335
# text = Togo's cultural life reflects traditions of its major groups: Ewe/Mina in the south and Kabye/Tem in the north, notably the regional use of Ewe and Kabiye as widely spoken languages, Ewe-Mina religious practices centred on the creator god Mawu and associated vodun, and among the Kabye the Evala wrestling initiation rite, while the Guin community (linked historically to the Mina on the southeast coast) marks the new year with the Epé-Ekpé "taking of the stone" ceremony at Glidji.
1	Togo	Togo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	cultural	cultural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	reflects	reflect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	traditions	tradition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	major	major	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	groups	group	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
12	Ewe/Mina	Ewe/Mina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	south	south	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	Kabye/Tem	Kabye/Tem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	notably	notably	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	regional	regional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	Ewe	Ewe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	Kabiye	Kabiye	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	conj	_	_
30	as	as	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
31	widely	widely	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
32	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	33	amod	_	_
33	languages	language	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
35	Ewe	Ewe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	37	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	Mina	Mina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
38	religious	religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	practices	practice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
40	centred	centre	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	39	acl	_	_
41	on	on	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
43	creator	creator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	compound	_	_
44	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	_
45	Mawu	Mawu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	appos	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
47	associated	associated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	_
48	vodun	vodun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	75	punct	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	75	cc	_	_
51	among	among	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	Kabye	Kabye	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	75	nsubj	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	Evala	Evala	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	appos	_	_
56	wrestling	wrestle	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	53	acl	_	_
57	initiation	initiation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	compound	_	_
58	rite	rite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
60	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	63	mark	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
62	Guin	Guin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	63	compound	_	_
63	community	community	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	appos	_	_
64	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	65	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	linked	link	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	63	acl	_	_
66	historically	historically	ADV	RB	_	65	advmod	_	_
67	to	to	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
68	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
69	Mina	Mina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	66	obl	_	_
70	on	on	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
71	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	73	det	_	_
72	southeast	southeast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	compound	_	_
73	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	65	punct	_	_
75	marks	mark	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
76	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	78	det	_	_
77	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	78	amod	_	_
78	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	75	obj	_	_
79	with	with	ADP	IN	_	83	case	_	_
80	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	83	det	_	_
81	Epé	Epé	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	83	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
82	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	81	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
83	Ekpé	Ekpé	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	78	nmod	_	_
84	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	85	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
85	taking	taking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	83	appos	_	_
86	of	of	ADP	IN	_	88	case	_	_
87	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	88	det	_	_
88	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	85	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
89	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	90	punct	_	_
90	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	88	conj	_	_
91	at	at	ADP	IN	_	92	case	_	_
92	Glidji	Glidji	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	90	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
93	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reflect** | present | Togo's cultural life | traditions of life's major groups |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | widely *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **centre** | participle |  | religious practices *not said here* |  |  |  | on the creator god | tree rules |
| 4 | **wrestle** | gerund | the Kabye *not said here* | initiation rite |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rite=Co-Agent |
| 5 | **link** | participle |  | the Guin community *not said here* |  |  |  | on the southeast coast; historically *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient on coast=Co-Patient |
| 6 | **mark** | present | the Kabye |  |  |  | year |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **use** |  |  | Ewe and Kabiye |  |  |  | as spoken languages | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient as=obl |
| 8 | **take** *in a quote* |  |  | the stone and ceremony at Glidji |  |  |  |  | nom taking «act 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, «Togo», 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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