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title: The English monarchs, through inheritance of substantial territories… — United Kingdom · tree and pragmatics
description: The English monarchs, through inheritance of substantial territories in France and claims to the French crown, were also heavily involved in conflicts in France, most notably the Hundred Years' War, while the Kings of Scots were in an alliance with the French during this period. Who acts: English mo
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# United Kingdom, sentence 54

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From Wikipedia, [«United Kingdom»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom), 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 English monarchs, through inheritance of substantial territories in France and claims to the French crown, were also heavily involved in conflicts in France, most notably the Hundred Years' War, while the Kings of Scots were in an alliance with the French during this period.

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**Who acts:** English monarchs, Kings · **What happens:** claim, be, inherit · **To what, where:** French crown, conflicts, alliance, substantial territories

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «United Kingdom». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (English monarchs, Kings), 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:United_Kingdom:54
# text = The English monarchs, through inheritance of substantial territories in France and claims to the French crown, were also heavily involved in conflicts in France, most notably the Hundred Years' War, while the Kings of Scots were in an alliance with the French during this period.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	monarchs	monarch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	inheritance	inheritance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	substantial	substantial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	territories	territory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	claims	claim	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
19	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
20	also	also	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
21	heavily	heavily	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	involved	involved	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	conflicts	conflict	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
28	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	29	advmod	_	_
29	notably	notably	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	Hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	32	nummod	_	_
32	Years	Year	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	34	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	'	's	PART	POS	_	32	case	_	_
34	War	War	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
36	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	44	mark	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	Kings	King	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	44	nsubj	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	Scots	Scot	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	38	nmod	_	_
41	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	cop	_	_
42	in	in	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	alliance	alliance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	_
45	with	with	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	nmod	_	_
48	during	during	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	50	det	_	_
50	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **claim** *speech: other* | present | the English monarchs and inheritance of substantial territories in France *not said here* |  | the French crown |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to crown=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | past | the English monarchs and inheritance of substantial territories in France |  |  | conflicts in France and the Hundred Years's War |  | heavily, involved *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | the Kings of Scots |  |  | a alliance |  | with the French during this period | tree rules |
| 4 | **inherit** |  |  | substantial territories in France |  |  |  |  | nom inheritance «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, «United Kingdom», 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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