Tehran, sentence 198
From Wikipedia, «Tehran», 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.
On 3 February 2014, Tehran received heavy snowfall, specifically in the northern parts of the city, with a depth of 2 m. In one week of successive snowfalls, roads were made impassable in some areas, with the temperature ranging from -8 to -16 C. On 3 June 2014, a severe thunderstorm with powerful microbursts created a haboob, engulfing Tehran in sand and dust and causing five deaths, with more than 57 injured.
Who acts: Tehran, depth, temperature, powerful microbursts · What happens: receive, make, range, create, engulf, cause · To what, where: heavy snowfall, 3, roads, areas, 8 C., haboob
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Tehran». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tehran, depth, temperature, powerful microbursts), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 2 3 | case |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 received | obl |
| 3 | February | February | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 2014 | nmod:unmarked |
| 4 | 2014 | 2014 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 3 | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 3 | punct |
| 6 | Tehran | Tehran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 received | nsubj |
| 7 | received | receive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 snowfall | amod |
| 9 | snowfall | snowfall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 received | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 parts | punct |
| 11 | specifically | specifically | ADV | _ | 15 parts | advmod |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 parts | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 parts | det |
| 14 | northern | northern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 parts | amod |
| 15 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 snowfall | nmod |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 city | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 city | det |
| 18 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 parts | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 depth | punct |
| 20 | with | with | ADP | _ | 22 depth | case |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 depth | det |
| 22 | depth | depth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 received | obl |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 m. | case |
| 24 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 25 m. | nummod |
| 25 | m. | m. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 depth | nmod |
| 26 | In | in | ADP | _ | 28 week | case |
| 27 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 28 week | nummod |
| 28 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 m. | nmod |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 snowfalls | case |
| 30 | successive | successive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 snowfalls | amod |
| 31 | snowfalls | snowfall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 week | nmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 made | punct |
| 33 | roads | road | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 made | nsubj:pass |
| 34 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 made | aux:pass |
| 35 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 depth | acl |
| 36 | impassable | impassable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 made | xcomp |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 areas | case |
| 38 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 39 areas | det |
| 39 | areas | area | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 made | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 temperature | punct |
| 41 | with | with | ADP | _ | 43 temperature | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 temperature | det |
| 43 | temperature | temperature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 made | obl |
| 44 | ranging | range | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 43 temperature | acl |
| 45 | from | from | ADP | _ | 47 8 | case |
| 46 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 45 from | punct |
| 47 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 51 C. | nummod |
| 48 | to | to | ADP | _ | 50 16 | case |
| 49 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 48 to | punct |
| 50 | 16 | 16 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 47 8 | nmod |
| 51 | C. | c. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 ranging | obj |
| 52 | On | on | ADP | _ | 54 June | case |
| 53 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 54 June | nummod |
| 54 | June | June | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 ranging | obl |
| 55 | 2014 | 2014 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 54 June | flat |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 thunderstorm | punct |
| 57 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 59 thunderstorm | det |
| 58 | severe | severe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 thunderstorm | amod |
| 59 | thunderstorm | thunderstorm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 June | appos |
| 60 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 63 created | mark |
| 61 | powerful | powerful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 62 microbursts | amod |
| 62 | microbursts | microburst | NOUN | Number=Plur | 63 created | nsubj |
| 63 | created | create | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 59 thunderstorm | acl:relcl |
| 64 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 65 haboob | det |
| 65 | haboob | haboob | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 created | obj |
| 66 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 engulfing | punct |
| 67 | engulfing | engulf | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 44 ranging | conj |
| 68 | Tehran | Tehran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 67 engulfing | obj |
| 69 | in | in | ADP | _ | 70 sand | case |
| 70 | sand | sand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 engulfing | obl |
| 71 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 72 dust | cc |
| 72 | dust | dust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 sand | conj |
| 73 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 74 causing | cc |
| 74 | causing | cause | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 44 ranging | conj |
| 75 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 76 deaths | nummod |
| 76 | deaths | death | NOUN | Number=Plur | 74 causing | obj |
| 77 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 82 injured | punct |
| 78 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 82 injured | mark |
| 79 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV | 81 57 | advmod |
| 80 | than | than | ADP | _ | 79 more | fixed |
| 81 | 57 | 57 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 82 injured | nsubj:pass |
| 82 | injured | injure | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 74 causing | advcl |
| 83 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 received | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | receive | past | Tehran | heavy snowfall | 3 2014 February | in the northern parts of the city; with a depth of 2 m. in one week of successive snowfalls | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent snowfall=Theme on 3=Location | ||
| 2 | make | past · passive | a depth of 2 m. in one week of successive snowfalls not said here | roads | some areas | with the temperature; impassable property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||
| 3 | range | gerund | the temperature not said here | 8 C. | june | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location c.=Theme | |||
| 4 | create | past | powerful microbursts | a haboob | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent haboob=Result | ||||
| 5 | engulf | gerund | the temperature not said here | Tehran | sand and dust | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tehran=Co-Theme | |||
| 6 | cause | gerund | the temperature not said here | five deaths | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition death=Patient | ||||
| 7 | injure | participle · passive | 57 | tree rules |
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, «Tehran», 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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