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Beirut, sentence 119

From Wikipedia, «Beirut», revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, CC BY-SA 4.0. The trees and pragmatics of these pages, Mova's parse of that text, are CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

The seven families of Beirut are the families who bonded among each other and made the famous historical agreement with the governor of the Syrian Coast in 1351 to protect and defend the city of Beirut and its shores, and chase the invaders and stop their progress towards it.

Who acts: seven families, families, invaders · What happens: be, bond, make, protect, defend, chase · To what, where: families, famous historical agreement, 1351, city, invaders, progress

This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Beirut». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (seven families, families, invaders), 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

detnummodnsubjcasenmodcopdetnsubjacl:relclcaseoblfixedccconjdetamodamodobjcasedetnmodcasedetamodnmodcaseoblmarkadvclccconjdetobjcasenmodccnmod:possconjpunctccparataxisdetobjccconjnmod:possobjcaseoblpunctrootTheDETsevenNUMfamiliesNOUNofADPBeirutPROPNareAUXtheDETfamiliesNOUNwhoPRONbondedVERBamongADPeachDETotherADJandCCONJmadeVERBtheDETfamousADJhistoricalADJagreementNOUNwithADPtheDETgovernorNOUNofADPtheDETSyrianADJCoastPROPNinADP1351NUMtoPARTprotectVERBandCCONJdefendVERBtheDETcityNOUNofADPBeirutPROPNandCCONJitsPRONshoresNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJchaseVERBtheDETinvadersNOUNandCCONJstopVERBtheirPRONprogressNOUNtowardsADPitPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 familiesdet
2sevensevenNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card3 familiesnummod
3familiesfamilyNOUNNumber=Plur8 familiesnsubj
4ofofADP_5 Beirutcase
5BeirutBeirutPROPNNumber=Sing3 familiesnmod
6arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 familiescop
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 familiesdet
8familiesfamilyNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot
9whowhoPRONPronType=Rel10 bondednsubj
10bondedbondVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 familiesacl:relcl
11amongamongADP_12 eachcase
12eacheachDETExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp10 bondedobl
13otherotherADJDegree=Pos12 eachfixed
14andandCCONJ_15 madecc
15mademakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 bondedconj
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 agreementdet
17famousfamousADJDegree=Pos19 agreementamod
18historicalhistoricalADJDegree=Pos19 agreementamod
19agreementagreementNOUNNumber=Sing15 madeobj
20withwithADP_22 governorcase
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 governordet
22governorgovernorNOUNNumber=Sing19 agreementnmod
23ofofADP_26 Coastcase
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 Coastdet
25SyrianSyrianADJDegree=Pos26 Coastamod
26CoastCoastPROPNNumber=Sing22 governornmod
27ininADP_28 1351case
2813511351NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card15 madeobl
29totoPART_30 protectmark
30protectprotectVERBVerbForm=Inf15 madeadvcl
31andandCCONJ_32 defendcc
32defenddefendVERBVerbForm=Inf30 protectconj
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 citydet
34citycityNOUNNumber=Sing32 defendobj
35ofofADP_36 Beirutcase
36BeirutBeirutPROPNNumber=Sing34 citynmod
37andandCCONJ_39 shorescc
38itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs39 shoresnmod:poss
39shoresshoreNOUNNumber=Plur36 Beirutconj
40,,PUNCT_42 chasepunct
41andandCCONJ_42 chasecc
42chasechaseVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin8 familiesparataxis
43thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 invadersdet
44invadersinvaderNOUNNumber=Plur42 chaseobj
45andandCCONJ_46 stopcc
46stopstopVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin42 chaseconj
47theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs48 progressnmod:poss
48progressprogressNOUNNumber=Sing46 stopobj
49towardstowardsADP_50 itcase
50ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs46 stopobl
51..PUNCT_8 familiespunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe seven families of Beirutthe familiestree rules
2bondpastthe familiesamong eachvn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3makepastthe families not said herethe famous historical agreement1351with the governor of the Syrian Coastvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset agreement=Product
4protectto-infinitivethe families not said herevn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
5defendinfinitivethe families not said herethe city of Beirut and family's shoresvn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Beneficiary
6chaseinfinitivethe invadersvn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invader=Theme
7stoppresentinvaders's progresstowards familyvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality progress=Eventuality
8progressinvaders = invadernom progress «act intransitive»: poss=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, «Beirut», 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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