--- title: Many of the region's residents are employed by companies and organiz… — Washington, D.C. · tree and pragmatics description: Many of the region's residents are employed by companies and organizations that do work for the federal government, seek to influence federal policy, or are otherwise related to its work, including law firms, defense contractors, civilian contractors, nonprofit organizations, lobbying firms, trade u --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Washington,_D.C./244/) [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/) / [Washington, D.C.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Washington,_D.C./) / 244 # Washington, D.C., sentence 244 From Wikipedia, [«Washington, D.C.»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.), 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. Many of the region's residents are employed by companies and organizations that do work for the federal government, seek to influence federal policy, or are otherwise related to its work, including law firms, defense contractors, civilian contractors, nonprofit organizations, lobbying firms, trade unions, industry trade groups, and professional associations, many of which have their headquarters in or near the city for proximity to the federal government. **Who acts:** companies, federal policy, nonprofit organizations, many, government · **What happens:** employ, do, seek, influence, be, lobby · **To what, where:** Many, work, federal policy, firms, headquarters, city This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Washington, D.C.». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (companies, federal policy, nonprofit organizations, many), 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:Washington,_D.C.:244 # text = Many of the region's residents are employed by companies and organizations that do work for the federal government, seek to influence federal policy, or are otherwise related to its work, including law firms, defense contractors, civilian contractors, nonprofit organizations, lobbying firms, trade unions, industry trade groups, and professional associations, many of which have their headquarters in or near the city for proximity to the federal government. 1 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 region region NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 residents resident NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 employed employ VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 companies company NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 organizations organization NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 15 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 federal federal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 influence influence VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 federal federal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 policy policy NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 or or CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 related related ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 acl:relcl _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 including including ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 firms firm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 defense defense NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 contractors contractor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 civilian civilian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 contractors contractor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 nonprofit nonprofit NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 organizations organization NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 lobbying lobby VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 46 acl _ _ 49 firms firm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 trade trade NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ _ 52 unions union NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 industry industry NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 compound _ _ 55 trade trade NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 compound _ _ 56 groups group NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 59 professional professional ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 associations association NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 62 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 nsubj _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 62 nmod _ _ 65 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 conj _ _ 66 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 67 headquarters headquarters NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 65 obj _ _ 68 in in ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 69 or or CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 70 near near ADP IN _ 68 conj _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ _ 73 for for ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 74 proximity proximity NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 nmod _ _ 75 to to ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 77 federal federal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ _ 78 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **employ** | present · passive | companies and organizations | Many of the region's residents | | | | professional associations *obl* | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 2 | **do** | present | companies and organizations | work | | | | for the federal government | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | | 3 | **seek** | infinitive | companies and organizations *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **influence** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | companies and organizations *not said here* | federal policy | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent policy=Patient | | 5 | **is** | present | federal policy *not said here* | | | | | to government's work including law firms and defense contractors and civilian contractors and nonprofit organizations; otherwise, related *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **lobby** | gerund | nonprofit organizations *not said here* | firms and trade unions and trade groups | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent firm=Recipient | | 7 | **have** | present | many | works's headquarters | | the city for proximity to the federal government | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent headquarters=Patient | | 8 | **work** | | government | | | | | including law firms and defense contractors and civilian contractors | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent including=obl | 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, «Washington, D.C.», 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 243](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Washington,_D.C./243/) - next →: [sentence 245](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Washington,_D.C./245/) - ↑ back to [Washington, D.C.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Washington,_D.C./)