Djibouti, sentence 237

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Although the population fell after the completion of the railwayline to Dire Dawa and the original company failed and required a government bail-out, the rail link allowed the territory to quickly supersede the caravan-based trade carried on at Zeila (then in the British area of Somaliland) and become the premier port for coffee and other goods leaving southern Ethiopia and the Ogaden through Harar.The 6th Somali Marching Battalion was formed in Madagascar on May 11, 1916, with recruits from the French Somali Coast and renamed the 1st Battalion of Somali Tirailleurs upon arrival in France in June.

Who acts: population, original company, government, rail link, territory, premier port · What happens: fall, fail, require, out, allow, supersede · To what, where: territory, based trade, British area, Zeila, premier port, southern Ethiopia

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 (population, original company, government, rail link), 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	Although	although	SCONJ	_	4 fell	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 population	det
3	population	population	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fell	nsubj
4	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 completion	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 completion	det
7	completion	completion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fell	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 railwayline	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 railwayline	det
10	railwayline	railwayline	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 completion	nmod
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 Dire	case
12	Dire	Dire	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 railwayline	nmod
13	Dawa	Dawa	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Dire	flat
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 failed	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 company	det
16	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 company	amod
17	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 failed	nsubj
18	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fell	conj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 required	cc
20	required	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 failed	conj
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 out	det
22	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 out	nsubj
23	bail	bail	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 out	compound
24	-	-	PUNCT	_	25 out	punct
25	out	out	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 required	obj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 allowed	punct
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 link	det
28	rail	rail	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 link	compound
29	link	link	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 allowed	nsubj
30	allowed	allow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 failed	conj
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 territory	det
32	territory	territory	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 allowed	obj
33	to	to	PART	_	35 supersede	mark
34	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	35 supersede	advmod
35	supersede	supersede	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 allowed	xcomp
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 trade	det
37	caravan	caravan	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 based	compound
38	-	-	PUNCT	_	37 caravan	punct
39	based	base	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	40 trade	amod
40	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 supersede	obj
41	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	40 trade	acl
42	on	on	ADP	_	41 carried	compound:prt
43	at	at	ADP	_	44 Zeila	case
44	Zeila	Zeila	PROPN	Number=Sing	41 carried	obl
45	(	(	PUNCT	_	50 area	punct
46	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	50 area	advmod
47	in	in	ADP	_	50 area	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 area	det
49	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 area	amod
50	area	area	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 supersede	obl
51	of	of	ADP	_	52 Somaliland	case
52	Somaliland	Somaliland	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 area	nmod
53	)	)	PUNCT	_	50 area	punct
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 become	cc
55	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	35 supersede	conj
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 port	det
57	premier	premier	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 port	compound
58	port	port	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 become	xcomp
59	for	for	ADP	_	60 coffee	case
60	coffee	coffee	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 port	nmod
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 goods	cc
62	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 goods	amod
63	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	58 port	conj
64	leaving	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	58 port	acl
65	southern	southern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	66 Ethiopia	amod
66	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	PROPN	Number=Sing	64 leaving	obj
67	and	and	CCONJ	_	69 Ogaden	cc
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 Ogaden	det
69	Ogaden	Ogaden	PROPN	Number=Sing	66 Ethiopia	conj
70	through	through	ADP	_	73 Somali	case
71	Harar.The	Harar.The	PROPN	Number=Sing	73 Somali	compound
72	6th	6th	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord	73 Somali	compound
73	Somali	somali	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 leaving	obl
74	Marching	march	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	73 Somali	acl
75	Battalion	Battalion	PROPN	Number=Sing	77 formed	nsubj
76	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	77 formed	aux:pass
77	formed	form	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	74 Marching	acl:relcl
78	in	in	ADP	_	79 Madagascar	case
79	Madagascar	Madagascar	PROPN	Number=Sing	77 formed	obl
80	on	on	ADP	_	82 11	case
81	May	May	PROPN	Number=Sing	82 11	nmod:unmarked
82	11	11	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	77 formed	obl
83	,	,	PUNCT	_	82 11	punct
84	1916	1916	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	82 11	flat
85	,	,	PUNCT	_	87 recruits	punct
86	with	with	ADP	_	87 recruits	case
87	recruits	recruit	NOUN	Number=Plur	77 formed	obl
88	from	from	ADP	_	92 Coast	case
89	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	92 Coast	det
90	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	92 Coast	amod
91	Somali	Somali	PROPN	Number=Sing	92 Coast	compound
92	Coast	Coast	PROPN	Number=Sing	87 recruits	nmod
93	and	and	CCONJ	_	94 renamed	cc
94	renamed	rename	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 allowed	conj
95	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	97 Battalion	det
96	1st	1st	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord	97 Battalion	amod
97	Battalion	Battalion	PROPN	Number=Sing	94 renamed	obj
98	of	of	ADP	_	100 Tirailleurs	case
99	Somali	Somali	PROPN	Number=Sing	100 Tirailleurs	compound
100	Tirailleurs	tirailleur	NOUN	Number=Plur	97 Battalion	nmod
101	upon	upon	ADP	_	102 arrival	case
102	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	94 renamed	obl
103	in	in	ADP	_	104 France	case
104	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	102 arrival	nmod
105	in	in	ADP	_	106 June	case
106	June	June	PROPN	Number=Sing	94 renamed	obl
107	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 fell	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	the population			after the completion of the railwayline to Dire		vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fail	past	the original company					vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	require	past	the original company not said here					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
4	out		government					tree rules
5	allow	past	the rail link	the territory				vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer territory=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
6	supersede not said to happen	to-infinitive	the territory not said here	the based trade	the British area of Somaliland		quickly property	tree rules
7	base	participle					caravan compound	vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent
8	carry on	participle		the based trade not said here	Zeila			vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
9	become	infinitive	the territory not said here	the premier port for coffee and other goods				vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
10	leave	gerund	the premier port for coffee and other goods not said here	southern Ethiopia and the Ogaden	Harar.The 6th Somali			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ethiopia=Theme through somali=Location
11	march	gerund	Harar.The 6th Somali not said here					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
12	form	past · passive		Battalion	Madagascar		on 11 May; with recruits from the French Somali Coast	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
13	rename	past	the rail link not said here	the 1st Battalion of Somali Tirailleurs		june	upon arrival in France	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent battalion=Result
14	complete			the railwayline to Dire				nom completion «act 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.

Text: the English Wikipedia, «Djibouti», 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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Djibouti, sentence 237