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title: The Law of Tuvalu comprises the Acts voted into law by the Parliamen… — Tuvalu · tree and pragmatics
description: The Law of Tuvalu comprises the Acts voted into law by the Parliament of Tuvalu and statutory instruments that become law; certain Acts passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom (during the time Tuvalu was either a British protectorate or British colony); the common law; and customary law (part
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# Tuvalu, sentence 272

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From Wikipedia, [«Tuvalu»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvalu), 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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The Law of Tuvalu comprises the Acts voted into law by the Parliament of Tuvalu and statutory instruments that become law; certain Acts passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom (during the time Tuvalu was either a British protectorate or British colony); the common law; and customary law (particularly in relation to the ownership of land).

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**Who acts:** Law, Acts, statutory instruments, Tuvalu · **What happens:** comprise, vote, become, pass, be · **To what, where:** law, certain Acts, British protectorate

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Tuvalu». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Law, Acts, statutory instruments, Tuvalu), 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:Tuvalu:272
# text = The Law of Tuvalu comprises the Acts voted into law by the Parliament of Tuvalu and statutory instruments that become law; certain Acts passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom (during the time Tuvalu was either a British protectorate or British colony); the common law; and customary law (particularly in relation to the ownership of land).
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Law	Law	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Tuvalu	Tuvalu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	comprises	comprise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Acts	Act	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	voted	vote	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Parliament	Parliament	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Tuvalu	Tuvalu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	statutory	statutory	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	instruments	instrument	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
19	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj	_	_
20	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	acl:relcl	_	_
21	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	Acts	act	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	advcl	_	_
25	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	acl	_	_
26	by	by	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	Parliament	Parliament	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	32	flat	_	_
32	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	_
33	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	during	during	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	appos	_	_
37	Tuvalu	Tuvalu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	nsubj	_	_
38	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	cop	_	_
39	either	either	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc:preconj	_	_
40	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
41	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	protectorate	protectorate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	acl:relcl	_	_
43	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
44	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	colony	colony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	50	punct	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
49	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
50	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
53	customary	customary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	compound	_	_
54	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
55	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	58	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	particularly	particularly	ADV	RB	_	58	advmod	_	_
57	in	in	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	relation	relation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	appos	_	_
59	to	to	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	ownership	ownership	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	nmod	_	_
62	of	of	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
63	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	58	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **comprise** | present | the Law of Tuvalu |  |  |  |  | certain Acts *advcl*; the common law *conj*; customary law *conj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **vote** | past | the Acts |  |  | law |  | by the Parliament of Tuvalu and statutory instruments | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **become** | present | statutory instruments | law |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **pass** | participle |  | certain Acts *not said here* |  |  |  | by the Parliament of the United Kingdom | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by parliament=Location |
| 5 | **is a** | past | Tuvalu | a British protectorate or British colony |  |  |  | British colony *conj* | tree rules |

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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, «Tuvalu», 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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