Oman, sentence 151
From Wikipedia, «Oman», 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.
By the end of the 19th century, and with the loss of its African dominions and its revenues, British influence increased to the point that the sultans became heavily dependent on British loans and signed declarations to consult the British government on all important matters.
Who acts: sultans, important · What happens: increase, become, sign, consult, matter · To what, where: British influence, point, declarations, British government
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Oman». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sultans, important), 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 | By | by | ADP | _ | 3 end | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 end | det |
| 3 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 century | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 century | det |
| 6 | 19th | 19th | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 7 century | amod |
| 7 | century | century | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 end | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 loss | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 loss | cc |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 loss | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 loss | det |
| 12 | loss | loss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 end | conj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 dominions | case |
| 14 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 dominions | nmod:poss |
| 15 | African | African | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 dominions | amod |
| 16 | dominions | dominion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 loss | nmod |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 revenues | cc |
| 18 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 revenues | nmod:poss |
| 19 | revenues | revenue | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 dominions | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 influence | punct |
| 21 | British | British | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 influence | amod |
| 22 | influence | influence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 dominions | appos |
| 23 | increased | increase | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 influence | acl |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 point | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 point | det |
| 26 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 increased | obl |
| 27 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 30 became | obj |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 sultans | det |
| 29 | sultans | sultan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 became | nsubj |
| 30 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 point | acl:relcl |
| 31 | heavily | heavily | ADV | _ | 32 dependent | advmod |
| 32 | dependent | dependent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 became | xcomp |
| 33 | on | on | ADP | _ | 35 loans | case |
| 34 | British | British | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 loans | amod |
| 35 | loans | loan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 dependent | obl |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 signed | cc |
| 37 | signed | sign | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 became | conj |
| 38 | declarations | declaration | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 signed | obj |
| 39 | to | to | PART | _ | 40 consult | mark |
| 40 | consult | consult | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 signed | xcomp |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 government | det |
| 42 | British | British | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 government | amod |
| 43 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 consult | obj |
| 44 | on | on | ADP | _ | 47 matters | case |
| 45 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 46 important | det |
| 46 | important | important | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 matters | nsubj |
| 47 | matters | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 consult | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 end | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | increase | participle | British influence not said here | to the point | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | become | past | the sultans | the point | dependent property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient that=Result | |||
| 3 | sign | past | the sultans not said here | declarations | vn instr_communication-37.4.1 «NP V NP.recipient when S_INF»: agent=Agent declaration=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | consult | to-infinitive | the sultans not said here | the British government | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent government=Theme | ||||
| 5 | matter | present | all important | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
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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