Iraq, sentence 589

From Wikipedia, «Iraq», 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 literature in Iraq is often referred to as "Mesopotamian literature" due to the flourishing of various civilisations as a result of the mixture of these cultures and has been called Mesopotamian or Babylonian literature in allusion to the geographical territory that such cultures occupied in the Middle East between the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

Who acts: that · What happens: refer, flourish, call, culture, occupy, result · To what, where: literature, Mesopotamian literature, allusion, such cultures, Middle East, mixture · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Iraq». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (that), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 literature	det
2	literature	literature	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 referred	nsubj:pass
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Iraq	case
4	Iraq	Iraq	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 literature	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 referred	aux:pass
6	often	often	ADV	_	7 referred	advmod
7	referred	refer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	12 literature	case
9	as	as	ADP	_	12 literature	case
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 literature	punct
11	Mesopotamian	mesopotamian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 literature	amod
12	literature	literature	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 referred	obl
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 flourishing	punct
14	due	due	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	17 flourishing	case
15	to	to	ADP	_	14 due	fixed
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 flourishing	det
17	flourishing	flourish	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 literature	appos
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 civilisations	case
19	various	various	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 civilisations	amod
20	civilisations	civilisation	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 flourishing	obl
21	as	as	ADP	_	23 result	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 result	det
23	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 flourishing	obl
24	of	of	ADP	_	26 mixture	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 mixture	det
26	mixture	mixture	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 result	nmod
27	of	of	ADP	_	29 cultures	case
28	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	29 cultures	det
29	cultures	culture	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 mixture	nmod
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 called	cc
31	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	33 called	aux
32	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	33 called	aux:pass
33	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 flourishing	conj
34	Mesopotamian	Mesopotamian	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 called	xcomp
35	or	or	CCONJ	_	37 literature	cc
36	Babylonian	Babylonian	PROPN	Number=Sing	37 literature	compound
37	literature	literature	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 Mesopotamian	conj
38	in	in	ADP	_	39 allusion	case
39	allusion	allusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 called	obl
40	to	to	ADP	_	43 territory	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 territory	det
42	geographical	geographical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 territory	amod
43	territory	territory	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 allusion	nmod
44	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	46 cultures	nsubj
45	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 cultures	amod
46	cultures	culture	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 territory	conj
47	occupied	occupy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	46 cultures	acl
48	in	in	ADP	_	51 East	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 East	det
50	Middle	Middle	PROPN	Number=Sing	51 East	compound
51	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	47 occupied	obl
52	between	between	ADP	_	54 banks	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 banks	det
54	banks	bank	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 occupied	obl
55	of	of	ADP	_	60 rivers	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 rivers	det
57	Tigris	Tigris	PROPN	Number=Sing	60 rivers	compound
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 Euphrates	cc
59	Euphrates	Euphrates	PROPN	Number=Sing	57 Tigris	conj
60	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 banks	nmod
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 referred	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	refer	present · passive		the literature in Iraq	Mesopotamian literature		often property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to literature=Recipient
2	flourish	gerund					of various civilisations; as a result of the mixture of this cultures	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	call	present · perfect · passive				allusion to the geographical territory and such cultures	Mesopotamian or Babylonian literature xcomp	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»
4	culture		that					tree rules
5	occupy	participle		such cultures not said here		the Middle East	between the banks of the Tigris rivers	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
6	result			the mixture of this cultures				nom result «phenomenon 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, «Iraq», 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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