Mogadishu, sentence 176
From Wikipedia, «Mogadishu», 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.
To solidify its control of southern Somalia, the TFG formed an alliance with the Islamic Courts Union, other members of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia, and Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a, a moderate Sufi militia.
Who acts: TFG · What happens: solidify, form · To what, where: control, alliance
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Mogadishu». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (TFG), 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 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 solidify | mark |
| 2 | solidify | solidify | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 formed | advcl |
| 3 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 control | nmod:poss |
| 4 | control | control | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 solidify | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Somalia | case |
| 6 | southern | southern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Somalia | amod |
| 7 | Somalia | Somalia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 control | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 formed | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 TFG | det |
| 10 | TFG | TFG | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 formed | nsubj |
| 11 | formed | form | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 alliance | det |
| 13 | alliance | alliance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 formed | obj |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 Union | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Union | det |
| 16 | Islamic | Islamic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 Courts | amod |
| 17 | Courts | Courts | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Union | compound |
| 18 | Union | Union | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 alliance | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 members | punct |
| 20 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 members | amod |
| 21 | members | member | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 alliance | conj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 Alliance | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 Alliance | det |
| 24 | Alliance | Alliance | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 members | nmod |
| 25 | for | for | ADP | _ | 27 Re-liberation | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 Re-liberation | det |
| 27 | Re-liberation | Re-liberation | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Alliance | nmod |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 Somalia | case |
| 29 | Somalia | Somalia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 Re-liberation | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 Ahlu | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 Ahlu | cc |
| 32 | Ahlu | Ahlu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 formed | obl |
| 33 | Sunna | Sunna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 Ahlu | flat |
| 34 | Waljama'a | Waljama'a | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 Ahlu | flat |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 militia | punct |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 militia | det |
| 37 | moderate | moderate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 militia | amod |
| 38 | Sufi | sufi | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 militia | compound |
| 39 | militia | militia | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 Ahlu | list |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 formed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | solidify | to-infinitive | the TFG not said here | help's control of southern Somalia | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent control=Patient | ||||
| 2 | form | past | the TFG | a alliance and other members of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia | with the Courts Union; Ahlu a moderate Sufi militia obl | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location alliance=Theme |
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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