Bahrain, sentence 32
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An alternative theory concerning Bahrain's toponymy is offered by the al-Ahsa region, which suggests that the two seas were the "Great Green Ocean" (the Persian Gulf) and Al-Asfar Lake on the Arabian mainland.
Who acts: alternative theory, al region, two seas · What happens: concern, offer, suggest, be · To what, where: toponymy, alternative theory, Great Green Ocean · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Bahrain». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (alternative theory, al region, two seas), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 theory | det |
| 2 | alternative | alternative | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 theory | amod |
| 3 | theory | theory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 offered | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 theory | acl |
| 5 | Bahrain | Bahrain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 toponymy | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Bahrain | case |
| 7 | toponymy | toponymy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 concerning | obj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 offered | aux:pass |
| 9 | offered | offer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 15 region | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 region | det |
| 12 | al | Al | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 region | compound |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 al | punct |
| 14 | Ahsa | Ahsa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 al | flat |
| 15 | region | region | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 offered | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 suggests | punct |
| 17 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 suggests | nsubj |
| 18 | suggests | suggest | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 region | acl:relcl |
| 19 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 28 Ocean | mark |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 seas | det |
| 21 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 22 seas | nummod |
| 22 | seas | sea | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 Ocean | nsubj |
| 23 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 Ocean | cop |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 Ocean | det |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 Ocean | punct |
| 26 | Great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 Ocean | amod |
| 27 | Green | Green | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 Ocean | compound |
| 28 | Ocean | Ocean | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 suggests | obl |
| 29 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 Ocean | punct |
| 30 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 33 Gulf | punct |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 Gulf | det |
| 32 | Persian | Persian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 Gulf | compound |
| 33 | Gulf | Gulf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 Ocean | conj |
| 34 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 33 Gulf | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 Al | cc |
| 36 | Al | Al | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 Gulf | conj |
| 37 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 39 Lake | punct |
| 38 | Asfar | Asfar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 Lake | compound |
| 39 | Lake | Lake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 Gulf | conj |
| 40 | on | on | ADP | _ | 43 mainland | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 mainland | det |
| 42 | Arabian | Arabian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 mainland | amod |
| 43 | mainland | mainland | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 Gulf | nmod |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 offered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | concern | gerund | a alternative theory not said here | Bahrain's toponymy | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus toponymy=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | offer | present · passive | the al region | a alternative theory | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | suggest speech: suggest | present | the al region | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is a in a quote | past | the two seas | the Great Green Ocean and the Persian Gulf on the Arabian mainland and Al and Asfar Lake | the Persian Gulf on the Arabian mainland and Al and Asfar Lake conj | tree rules |
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, «Bahrain», 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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