--- title: The members of the Senate are appointed by the president; 16 governm… — Trinidad and Tobago · tree and pragmatics description: The members of the Senate are appointed by the president; 16 government senators are appointed on the advice of the prime minister, six opposition senators are appointed on the advice of the leader of the opposition, currently Pennelope Beckles-Robinson, and nine independent senators are appointed b --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Trinidad_and_Tobago/243/) [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/) / [Trinidad and Tobago](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Trinidad_and_Tobago/) / 243 # Trinidad and Tobago, sentence 243 From Wikipedia, [«Trinidad and Tobago»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago), 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. The members of the Senate are appointed by the president; 16 government senators are appointed on the advice of the prime minister, six opposition senators are appointed on the advice of the leader of the opposition, currently Pennelope Beckles-Robinson, and nine independent senators are appointed by the president to represent other sectors of civil society. **Who acts:** president · **What happens:** appoint, represent · **To what, where:** members, 16 government senators, advice, six opposition senators, nine independent senators, other sectors This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Trinidad and Tobago». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (president), 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:Trinidad_and_Tobago:243 # text = The members of the Senate are appointed by the president; 16 government senators are appointed on the advice of the prime minister, six opposition senators are appointed on the advice of the leader of the opposition, currently Pennelope Beckles-Robinson, and nine independent senators are appointed by the president to represent other sectors of civil society. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 members member NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Senate Senate PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 president president NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 12 16 16 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 13 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 senators senator NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 prime prime ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 26 opposition opposition NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 senators senator NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 leader leader NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 opposition opposition NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 currently currently ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 Pennelope Pennelope PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 42 Beckles Beckles PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 Robinson Robinson PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 47 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 49 nummod _ _ 48 independent independent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 senators senator NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux:pass _ _ 51 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 52 by by ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 president president NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 represent represent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 advcl _ _ 57 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 sectors sector NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obj _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 civil civil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 society society NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appoint** | present · passive | the president | the members of the Senate | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 2 | **appoint** | present · passive | | 16 government senators | | the advice of the prime minister | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **appoint** | present · passive | | six opposition senators | | the advice of the leader of the opposition | | Pennelope *obl* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **appoint** | present · passive | the president | nine independent senators | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 5 | **represent** | to-infinitive | the president *not said here* | other sectors of civil society | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sector=Theme | 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, «Trinidad and Tobago», 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 242](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Trinidad_and_Tobago/242/) - next →: [sentence 244](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Trinidad_and_Tobago/244/) - ↑ back to [Trinidad and Tobago](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Trinidad_and_Tobago/)