--- title: The Congregational Christian Church of Tuvalu, which is part of the… — Tuvalu · tree and pragmatics description: The Congregational Christian Church of Tuvalu, which is part of the Calvinist tradition, is the state church of Tuvalu; although in practice this merely entitles it to "the privilege of performing special services on major national events". Who acts: Congregational Christian Church, privilege. 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The Congregational Christian Church of Tuvalu, which is part of the Calvinist tradition, is the state church of Tuvalu; although in practice this merely entitles it to "the privilege of performing special services on major national events". **Who acts:** Congregational Christian Church, privilege · **What happens:** be, entitle, perform · **To what, where:** part, state church, church, practice, special services, major national events 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 (Congregational Christian Church, privilege), 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:Tuvalu:359 # text = The Congregational Christian Church of Tuvalu, which is part of the Calvinist tradition, is the state church of Tuvalu; although in practice this merely entitles it to "the privilege of performing special services on major national events". 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 Congregational Congregational PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 3 Christian Christian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 Church Church PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Tuvalu Tuvalu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 Calvinist Calvinist PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 tradition tradition NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Tuvalu Tuvalu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 although although SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 practice practice NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 26 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 nsubj _ _ 27 merely merely ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 entitles entitle VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 31 " " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 privilege privilege NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 advcl _ _ 34 of of SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 35 performing perform VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 acl _ _ 36 special special ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 services service NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 major major ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 40 national national ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 events event NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the Congregational Christian Church of Tuvalu | part | | | | of the Calvinist tradition | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | the Congregational Christian Church of Tuvalu | the state church | | | | of Tuvalu | tree rules | | 3 | **entitle** | present | | church | | practice this | | the privilege *advcl*; merely *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **perform** *in a quote* | gerund | the privilege *not said here* | special services | | major national events | | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=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, «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. - ← previous: [sentence 358](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Tuvalu/358/) - next →: [sentence 360](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Tuvalu/360/) - ↑ back to [Tuvalu](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Tuvalu/)