--- title: The scholar al-Khwarizmi wrote a famous book on solving equations; t… — The Islamic golden age and the wider medieval wo… · tree and pragmatics description: The scholar al-Khwarizmi wrote a famous book on solving equations; the word algebra comes from its title and the word algorithm comes from his name; an algorithm is a list of steps for solving a problem, and every computer program runs on algorithms. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (scholar, word, word algorithm, algorithm), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:history:022-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world.lesson:9 # text = The scholar al-Khwarizmi wrote a famous book on solving equations; the word algebra comes from its title and the word algorithm comes from his name; an algorithm is a list of steps for solving a problem, and every computer program runs on algorithms. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = history # lesson = 022-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world.lesson # annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×3 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 scholar scholar NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 al Al PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ _ 5 Khwarizmi Khwarizmi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ _ 6 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 solving solve VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 amod _ _ 12 equations equation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=16:det 15 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=16:compound 16 algebra algebra NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=17:nsubj 17 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 title title NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 algorithm algorithm NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 26 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 algorithm algorithm NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 list list NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 37 for for SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 solving solve VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 acl _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 45 det _ _ 44 computer computer NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 program program NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 algorithms algorithm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | past | the scholar | a famous book | | solving equations | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent book=Theme on equation=Destination | | 2 | **solve** | gerund | | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **come** | present | the word | | | word's title | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from title=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **come** | present | the word algorithm | | | algorithm's name | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from name=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **is a** | present | a algorithm | a list | | | | of steps | tree rules | | 6 | **solve** | gerund | steps *not said here* | a problem | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent problem=Topic | | 7 | **run** | present | every computer program | | | algorithms | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on algorithm=Trajectory | | 8 | **title** | | word | | | | | | nom title «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **name** | | algorithm | | | | | | nom name «communication 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. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:history:022-the-islamic-golden-age-and-the-wider-medieval-world.lesson:9`. **The tree:** Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×3. **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence. 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