--- title: The U.S. healthcare system far outspends that of any other country,… — United States · tree and pragmatics description: The U.S. healthcare system far outspends that of any other country, measured both in per capita spending and as a percentage of GDP, but attains worse healthcare outcomes when compared to peer countries for reasons that are debated. Who acts: U.S. healthcare system. 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The U.S. healthcare system far outspends that of any other country, measured both in per capita spending and as a percentage of GDP, but attains worse healthcare outcomes when compared to peer countries for reasons that are debated. **Who acts:** U.S. healthcare system · **What happens:** outspend, measure, attain, compare, peer, debate · **To what, where:** that, other country, capita spending, worse healthcare outcomes, countries, reasons This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «United States». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (U.S. healthcare system), 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:United_States:438 # text = The U.S. healthcare system far outspends that of any other country, measured both in per capita spending and as a percentage of GDP, but attains worse healthcare outcomes when compared to peer countries for reasons that are debated. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 U.S. U.S. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 3 healthcare healthcare NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 system system NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 6 outspends outspend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 11 det _ _ 10 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 measured measure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 14 both both ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 per per ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 capita capita NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 spending spending NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 as as ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 percentage percentage NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 GDP GDP PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 attains attain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 28 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 30 amod _ _ 29 healthcare healthcare NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 outcomes outcome NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 31 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 32 compared compare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 advcl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 peer peer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 reasons reason NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 debated debate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **outspend** | present | the U.S. healthcare system | that of any other country | | | | far *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **measure** | participle | | any other country *not said here* | | capita spending and a percentage of GDP | | both *property* | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **attain** | present | the U.S. healthcare system *not said here* | worse healthcare outcomes | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outcome=Theme | | 4 | **compare** | participle | the U.S. healthcare system *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **peer** | to-infinitive | the U.S. healthcare system *not said here* | countries | | | | for reasons | tree rules | | 6 | **debate** | present · passive | | reasons | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Agent | 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, «United States», 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 437](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/United_States/437/) - next →: [sentence 439](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/United_States/439/) - ↑ back to [United States](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/United_States/)