Riyadh, sentence 108
From Wikipedia, «Riyadh», 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.
In 1974, the government founded the High Commission for the Development of Arriyadh (later Royal Commission for Riyadh City) which was headed by the then governor of Riyadh Province, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz, who oversaw Riyadh's development.
Who acts: government, governor, King Salman, Riyadh · What happens: found, head, oversee, develop · To what, where: High Commission, 1974, development
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Riyadh». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (government, governor, King Salman, Riyadh), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 1974 | case |
| 2 | 1974 | 1974 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 founded | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 1974 | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 government | det |
| 5 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 founded | nsubj |
| 6 | founded | found | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Commission | det |
| 8 | High | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 Commission | amod |
| 9 | Commission | commission | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 founded | obj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 Development | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Development | det |
| 12 | Development | Development | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Commission | nmod |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Arriyadh | case |
| 14 | Arriyadh | Arriyadh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Development | nmod |
| 15 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 18 Commission | punct |
| 16 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 18 Commission | advmod |
| 17 | Royal | Royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 Commission | amod |
| 18 | Commission | Commission | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Arriyadh | appos |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 City | case |
| 20 | Riyadh | Riyadh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 City | compound |
| 21 | City | City | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Commission | nmod |
| 22 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 18 Commission | punct |
| 23 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 headed | nsubj |
| 24 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 headed | aux:pass |
| 25 | headed | head | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 Commission | acl:relcl |
| 26 | by | by | ADP | _ | 29 governor | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 governor | det |
| 28 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 29 governor | advmod |
| 29 | governor | governor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 headed | obl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 Province | case |
| 31 | Riyadh | Riyadh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 Province | compound |
| 32 | Province | Province | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 governor | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 Salman | punct |
| 34 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Salman | compound |
| 35 | Salman | Salman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 Province | conj |
| 36 | Bin | Bin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Salman | flat |
| 37 | Abdulaziz | Abdulaziz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Salman | flat |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 oversaw | punct |
| 39 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 oversaw | nsubj |
| 40 | oversaw | oversee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 Salman | acl:relcl |
| 41 | Riyadh | Riyadh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 development | nmod:poss |
| 42 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 41 Riyadh | case |
| 43 | development | development | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 oversaw | obj |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 founded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | found | past | the government | the High Commission | 1974 | for the Development of Arriyadh | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent commission=Patient | ||
| 2 | head | past · passive | the governor of Riyadh Province and King Salman | the High Commission | vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | oversee | past | King Salman | Riyadh's development | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent development=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | develop | Riyadh | nom development «act transitive»: poss=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.
Text: the English Wikipedia, «Riyadh», 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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