Djibouti, sentence 208
From Wikipedia, «Djibouti», 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.
During the period of Muhammad Ali's domination over the Hejaz and Yemen in the early 19th century, the port of Zeila also fell under the authority of Cairo, depending administratively on Mokha; its governor, named Mohammed El-Barr, kept command of it in exchange for an annual payment of 50 thalers, which he paid each year to Ibrahim Pasha, son of Muhammad Ali.
Who acts: port, annual payment, Muhammad Ali · What happens: fall, depend, name, keep, pay, dominate · To what, where: governor, authority, Ibrahim, Hejaz, command, exchange · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Djibouti». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (port, annual payment, Muhammad Ali), 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 | During | during | ADP | _ | 3 period | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 period | det |
| 3 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 fell | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 domination | case |
| 5 | Muhammad | Muhammad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Ali | compound |
| 6 | Ali | Ali | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 domination | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Ali | case |
| 8 | domination | domination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 period | nmod |
| 9 | over | over | ADP | _ | 11 Hejaz | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Hejaz | det |
| 11 | Hejaz | Hejaz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 domination | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 Yemen | cc |
| 13 | Yemen | Yemen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Hejaz | conj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 century | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 century | det |
| 16 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 century | amod |
| 17 | 19th | 19th | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 18 century | amod |
| 18 | century | century | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 domination | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 period | punct |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 port | det |
| 21 | port | port | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 fell | nsubj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 Zeila | case |
| 23 | Zeila | Zeila | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 port | nmod |
| 24 | also | also | ADV | _ | 25 fell | advmod |
| 25 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 26 | under | under | ADP | _ | 28 authority | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 authority | det |
| 28 | authority | authority | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 fell | obl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 Cairo | case |
| 30 | Cairo | Cairo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 authority | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 depending | punct |
| 32 | depending | depend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 fell | advcl |
| 33 | administratively | administratively | ADV | _ | 32 depending | advmod |
| 34 | on | on | ADP | _ | 35 Mokha | case |
| 35 | Mokha | Mokha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 depending | obl |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 governor | punct |
| 37 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 governor | nmod:poss |
| 38 | governor | governor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 fell | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 named | punct |
| 40 | named | name | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 governor | acl |
| 41 | Mohammed | Mohammed | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 named | xcomp |
| 42 | El | El | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 Mohammed | flat |
| 43 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 44 Barr | punct |
| 44 | Barr | Barr | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 Mohammed | conj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 command | punct |
| 46 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 47 command | amod |
| 47 | command | command | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 governor | conj |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 it | case |
| 49 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 command | nmod |
| 50 | in | in | ADP | _ | 51 exchange | case |
| 51 | exchange | exchange | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 command | nmod |
| 52 | for | for | ADP | _ | 55 payment | case |
| 53 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 55 payment | det |
| 54 | annual | annual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 payment | amod |
| 55 | payment | payment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 exchange | nmod |
| 56 | of | of | ADP | _ | 58 thalers | case |
| 57 | 50 | 50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 58 thalers | nummod |
| 58 | thalers | thaler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 55 payment | nmod |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 paid | punct |
| 60 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 62 paid | nsubj |
| 61 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 62 paid | nsubj |
| 62 | paid | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 55 payment | parataxis |
| 63 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 64 year | det |
| 64 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 paid | obj |
| 65 | to | to | ADP | _ | 66 Ibrahim | case |
| 66 | Ibrahim | Ibrahim | PROPN | Number=Sing | 62 paid | obl |
| 67 | Pasha | Pasha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 66 Ibrahim | flat |
| 68 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 69 son | punct |
| 69 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 Ibrahim | appos |
| 70 | of | of | ADP | _ | 72 Ali | case |
| 71 | Muhammad | Muhammad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 72 Ali | compound |
| 72 | Ali | Ali | PROPN | Number=Sing | 69 son | nmod |
| 73 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 25 fell | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | past | the port of Zeila | port's governor and kept command of command in exchange for a annual payment of 50 thalers | the authority of Cairo | during the period of Muhammad Ali's domination over the Hejaz and Yemen in the early 19th century | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under authority=Location | ||
| 2 | depend | gerund | the port of Zeila not said here | on Mokha; administratively property | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on mokha=Theme | ||||
| 3 | name | participle | port's governor and kept command of command in exchange for a annual payment of 50 thalers not said here | Mohammed and Barr xcomp | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | keep | participle | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | pay | past | a annual payment of 50 thalers | Ibrahim | year | trial nsubj | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||
| 6 | dominate | Muhammad Ali | the Hejaz and Yemen | in the early 19th century | nom domination «act intransitive»: poss=agent over=place in=obl | ||||
| 7 | command | command | exchange for a annual payment of 50 thalers | nom command «communication transitive»: of=patient in=place | |||||
| 8 | pay | 50 thalers | nom payment «possession transitive»: of=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.
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