--- title: The ethnogenesis of the Albanians is uncertain; however, the first u… — Albania · tree and pragmatics description: The ethnogenesis of the Albanians is uncertain; however, the first undisputed mention of Albanians dates back in historical records from 1079 or 1080 in a work by Michael Attaleiates, who referred to the Albanoi as having taken part in a revolt against Constantinople. 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The ethnogenesis of the Albanians is uncertain; however, the first undisputed mention of Albanians dates back in historical records from 1079 or 1080 in a work by Michael Attaleiates, who referred to the Albanoi as having taken part in a revolt against Constantinople. **Who acts:** ethnogenesis, first undisputed mention, Michael · **What happens:** be, date back, refer, take, mention · **To what, where:** historical records, part, revolt, Albanians This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Albania». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ethnogenesis, first undisputed mention, Michael), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = wikipedia:Albania:79 # text = The ethnogenesis of the Albanians is uncertain; however, the first undisputed mention of Albanians dates back in historical records from 1079 or 1080 in a work by Michael Attaleiates, who referred to the Albanoi as having taken part in a revolt against Constantinople. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ethnogenesis ethnogenesis NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Albanians Albanian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 uncertain uncertain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 9 however however ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 14 amod _ _ 13 undisputed undisputed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 mention mention NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Albanians Albanian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 17 dates date VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 18 back back ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 historical historical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 records record NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 1079 1079 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 21 nmod _ _ 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 1080 1080 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 23 conj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Michael Michael PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 31 Attaleiates Attaleiates PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 referred refer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Albanoi Albanoi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 aux _ _ 40 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 41 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 revolt revolt NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 45 against against ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Constantinople Constantinople PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the ethnogenesis of the Albanians | | | | | uncertain *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **date back** | present | the first undisputed mention of Albanians | | | historical records from 1079 | | by Michael; however *property* | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **refer** | past | Michael | | | | | to the Albanoi | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to albanoi=Co-Theme | | 4 | **take** | gerund · perfect | Michael *not said here* | part | | a revolt against Constantinople | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent part=Value in revolt=Location | | 5 | **mention** | | | Albanians | | | | | nom mention «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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, «Albania», 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. - ← previous: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Albania/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Albania/80/) - ↑ back to [Albania](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Albania/)