Mali, sentence 41
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Among these are references to "Pene" and "Malal" in the work of al-Bakri in 1068, the story of the conversion of an early ruler, known to Ibn Khaldun (by 1397) as Barmandana, and a few geographical details in the work of al-Idrisi.
Who acts: al · What happens: be, know, work, convert · To what, where: work, early ruler, Ibn Khaldun
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Mali». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (al), 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 | Among | among | ADP | _ | 4 references | case |
| 2 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 4 references | det |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 references | cop |
| 4 | references | reference | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 Pene | mark |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Pene | punct |
| 7 | Pene | Pene | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 references | nmod |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Pene | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 Malal | cc |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 Malal | punct |
| 11 | Malal | Malal | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Pene | conj |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 Malal | punct |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 work | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 work | det |
| 15 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 references | nmod |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 al | case |
| 17 | al | Al | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 work | nmod |
| 18 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 19 Bakri | punct |
| 19 | Bakri | Bakri | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 al | flat |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 1068 | case |
| 21 | 1068 | 1068 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 work | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 story | punct |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 story | det |
| 24 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 work | conj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 conversion | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 conversion | det |
| 27 | conversion | conversion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 story | nmod |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 ruler | case |
| 29 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 ruler | det |
| 30 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 ruler | amod |
| 31 | ruler | ruler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 conversion | nmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 known | punct |
| 33 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 ruler | acl |
| 34 | to | to | ADP | _ | 36 Khaldun | case |
| 35 | Ibn | Ibn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 Khaldun | compound |
| 36 | Khaldun | Khaldun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 known | obl |
| 37 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 39 1397 | punct |
| 38 | by | by | ADP | _ | 39 1397 | case |
| 39 | 1397 | 1397 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 36 Khaldun | appos |
| 40 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 39 1397 | punct |
| 41 | as | as | ADP | _ | 42 Barmandana | case |
| 42 | Barmandana | Barmandana | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 known | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 details | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 details | cc |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 48 details | det |
| 46 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 details | amod |
| 47 | geographical | geographical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 details | amod |
| 48 | details | detail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 references | conj |
| 49 | in | in | ADP | _ | 51 work | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 work | det |
| 51 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 details | nmod |
| 52 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 al | case |
| 53 | al | Al | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 work | nmod |
| 54 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 55 Idrisi | punct |
| 55 | Idrisi | Idrisi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 al | flat |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 references | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the work of al and the story of the conversion of a early ruler | among this references and a few geographical details in the work of al; Pene and Malal nmod; a few geographical details in the work of al conj | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | know | participle | a early ruler not said here | Ibn Khaldun | as Barmandana | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as barmandana=Attribute | |||
| 3 | work | al | nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 4 | convert | a early ruler | nom conversion «event transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 5 | work | al | nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent |
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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