Hargeisa, sentence 29
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Sheikh Khalil, one of the ulema of Harar, advised Sheikh Madar to establish a Qadiriyya tariqa commune in present-day Hargeisa and spread the teachings he was taught, which lead Sheikh Madar and his companions to found the Big Commune (Jama'a weyne) of Little Harar (Hargeisa) in c. 1860.
Who acts: Sheikh Khalil, teachings · What happens: advise, establish, spread, teach, lea, found · To what, where: Sheikh, Qadiriyya tariqa commune, teachings, Khalil, Big Commune
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Hargeisa». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sheikh Khalil, teachings), 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 | Sheikh | Sheikh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Khalil | compound |
| 2 | Khalil | Khalil | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 advised | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 one | punct |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 Khalil | appos |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 ulema | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ulema | det |
| 7 | ulema | ulema | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 one | nmod |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Harar | case |
| 9 | Harar | Harar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 ulema | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Khalil | punct |
| 11 | advised | advise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | Sheikh | Sheikh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 advised | obj |
| 13 | Madar | Madar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Sheikh | flat |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 establish | mark |
| 15 | establish | establish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 advised | advcl |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 commune | det |
| 17 | Qadiriyya | Qadiriyya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 commune | compound |
| 18 | tariqa | tariqa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 commune | compound |
| 19 | commune | commune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 establish | obj |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 day | case |
| 21 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 day | compound |
| 22 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 21 present | punct |
| 23 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 establish | obl |
| 24 | Hargeisa | Hargeisa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 day | appos |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 spread | cc |
| 26 | spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 advised | conj |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 teachings | det |
| 28 | teachings | teaching | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 spread | obj |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 taught | nsubj:pass |
| 30 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 taught | aux:pass |
| 31 | taught | teach | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 teachings | acl:relcl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 lead | punct |
| 33 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 34 lead | nsubj |
| 34 | lead | lea | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 teachings | acl:relcl |
| 35 | Sheikh | Sheikh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 lead | obj |
| 36 | Madar | Madar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Sheikh | flat |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 companions | cc |
| 38 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 companions | nmod:poss |
| 39 | companions | companion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 Sheikh | conj |
| 40 | to | to | PART | _ | 41 found | mark |
| 41 | found | found | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 lead | advcl |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 Commune | det |
| 43 | Big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 Commune | amod |
| 44 | Commune | commune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 found | obj |
| 45 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 47 weyne | punct |
| 46 | Jama'a | Jama'a | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 weyne | compound |
| 47 | weyne | weyne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 Commune | appos |
| 48 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 47 weyne | punct |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 Harar | case |
| 50 | Little | Little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 Harar | amod |
| 51 | Harar | Harar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 weyne | nmod |
| 52 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 53 Hargeisa | punct |
| 53 | Hargeisa | Hargeisa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 Harar | appos |
| 54 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 53 Hargeisa | punct |
| 55 | in | in | ADP | _ | 56 c. | case |
| 56 | c. | c. | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 weyne | nmod |
| 57 | 1860 | 1860 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 56 c. | flat |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 advised | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | advise speech: other | past | Sheikh Khalil | Sheikh | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sheikh=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | establish | to-infinitive | Sheikh Khalil not said here | a Qadiriyya tariqa commune | day | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent commune=Patient | |||
| 3 | spread | past | Sheikh Khalil not said here | the teachings | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location teaching=Theme | ||||
| 4 | teach speech: other | past · passive | the teachings not said here | Khalil | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | lea | past | the teachings | Sheikh and Harar's companions | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | found | to-infinitive | the teachings not said here | the Big Commune | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent commune=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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