Dakar, sentence 134
From Wikipedia, «Dakar», 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.
Some other notable places include Layen Mausoleum which entombs the founder of the Layene Sufi tariqa, Palais Présidentiel which is the seat of the government constructed in 1907, Place de l'Indépendance which is the central square of Dakar, Dakar Cathedral, and Cheikh Anta Diop University also known as the University of Dakar, which was established in 1957.
Who acts: other notable places, Layen, Layene tariqa, government, Place l'Indépendance · What happens: include, entomb, be, construct, know, establish · To what, where: Layen, founder, seat, 1907, central square, Cheikh Diop University
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Dakar». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (other notable places, Layen, Layene tariqa, government), 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 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 places | det |
| 2 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 places | amod |
| 3 | notable | notable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 places | amod |
| 4 | places | place | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 include | nsubj |
| 5 | include | include | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | Layen | Layen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 include | obj |
| 7 | Mausoleum | Mausoleum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Layen | flat |
| 8 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 entombs | nsubj |
| 9 | entombs | entomb | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 Layen | acl:relcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 founder | det |
| 11 | founder | founder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 entombs | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 tariqa | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 tariqa | det |
| 14 | Layene | Layene | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 tariqa | compound |
| 15 | Sufi | Sufi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Layene | flat |
| 16 | tariqa | tariqa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 founder | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 Palais | punct |
| 18 | Palais | Palais | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 tariqa | appos |
| 19 | Présidentiel | Présidentiel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Palais | flat |
| 20 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 seat | nsubj |
| 21 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 seat | cop |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 seat | det |
| 23 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 tariqa | parataxis |
| 24 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 27 constructed | mark |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 government | det |
| 26 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 constructed | nsubj |
| 27 | constructed | construct | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 seat | acl:relcl |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 1907 | case |
| 29 | 1907 | 1907 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 27 constructed | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 l'Indépendance | punct |
| 31 | Place | Place | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 l'Indépendance | compound |
| 32 | de | de | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 Place | flat |
| 33 | l'Indépendance | l'indépendance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 seat | appos |
| 34 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 square | nsubj |
| 35 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 square | cop |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 square | det |
| 37 | central | central | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 square | amod |
| 38 | square | square | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 l'Indépendance | acl:relcl |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 Dakar | case |
| 40 | Dakar | Dakar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 square | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 Cathedral | punct |
| 42 | Dakar | Dakar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 Cathedral | compound |
| 43 | Cathedral | Cathedral | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 Dakar | conj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 known | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 known | cc |
| 46 | Cheikh | Cheikh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 University | compound |
| 47 | Anta | Anta | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 Cheikh | flat |
| 48 | Diop | Diop | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 University | compound |
| 49 | University | University | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 known | nsubj:pass |
| 50 | also | also | ADV | _ | 51 known | advmod |
| 51 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 include | conj |
| 52 | as | as | ADP | _ | 54 University | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 University | det |
| 54 | University | University | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 known | obl |
| 55 | of | of | ADP | _ | 56 Dakar | case |
| 56 | Dakar | Dakar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 54 University | nmod |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 established | punct |
| 58 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 60 established | nsubj |
| 59 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 60 established | aux:pass |
| 60 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 54 University | acl:relcl |
| 61 | in | in | ADP | _ | 62 1957 | case |
| 62 | 1957 | 1957 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 60 established | obl |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 include | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | include | present | some other notable places | Layen | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent layen=Theme | ||||
| 2 | entomb | present | Layen | the founder of the Layene tariqa | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | the Layene tariqa | the seat | Place l'Indépendance appos | tree rules | |||
| 4 | construct | past | the government | the seat not said here | 1907 | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seat=Result | |||
| 5 | is a | present | Place l'Indépendance | the central square | of Dakar and Dakar Cathedral | tree rules | |||
| 6 | know | participle · passive | Cheikh Diop University | as the University of Dakar | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as university=Attribute | ||||
| 7 | establish | past · passive | the University of Dakar | 1957 | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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, «Dakar», 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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