--- title: This name is a truncated form of the name that was used first by Bul… — Algiers · tree and pragmatics description: This name is a truncated form of the name that was used first by Buluggin ibn Ziri when he established the modern city in 972 AD (on the ruins of the Punic city of Icosium) which was Jazāʾir Banī Mazghanna (جزائر بني مزغانة), meaning 'islands of Banu Mazghanna', this term was used by the Hammadid dy --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Algiers/22/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [wikipedia](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/) / [en](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/) / [Algiers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Algiers/) / 22 # Algiers, sentence 22 From Wikipedia, [«Algiers»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algiers), revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). The trees and pragmatics of these pages, Mova's parse of that text, are CC BY-SA 4.0 too. This name is a truncated form of the name that was used first by Buluggin ibn Ziri when he established the modern city in 972 AD (on the ruins of the Punic city of Icosium) which was Jazāʾir Banī Mazghanna (جزائر بني مزغانة), meaning 'islands of Banu Mazghanna', this term was used by the Hammadid dynasty as well as early medieval geographers such as Muhammad al-Idrisi and Yaqut al-Hamawi. **Who acts:** name, Buluggin ibn, ibn, 972 AD, Hammadid dynasty · **What happens:** truncate, be, use, establish, mean, ruin · **To what, where:** truncated form, name, modern city, 972 AD, Jazāʾir Banī, islands · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Algiers». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (name, Buluggin ibn, ibn, 972 AD), 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:Algiers:22 # text = This name is a truncated form of the name that was used first by Buluggin ibn Ziri when he established the modern city in 972 AD (on the ruins of the Punic city of Icosium) which was Jazāʾir Banī Mazghanna (جزائر بني مزغانة), meaning 'islands of Banu Mazghanna', this term was used by the Hammadid dynasty as well as early medieval geographers such as Muhammad al-Idrisi and Yaqut al-Hamawi. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 truncated truncate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 12 advmod _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 Buluggin Buluggin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 ibn Ibn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl:agent _ _ 17 Ziri Ziri PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 flat _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 established establish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 modern modern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 972 972 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 26 AD ad NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 27 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 ruins ruin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 appos _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 Punic punic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Icosium Icosium PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 30 punct _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 Jazāʾir Jazāʾir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 Banī Banī PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 42 Mazghanna Mazghanna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 flat _ _ 43 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 جزائر جزائر PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ _ 45 بني بني NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 مزغانة مزغانة NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 meaning mean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 50 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 nsubj:pass _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 Banu Banu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 compound _ _ 54 Mazghanna Mazghanna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ', ', PART POS _ 54 case _ _ 56 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 57 det _ _ 57 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj:pass _ _ 58 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux:pass _ _ 59 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 ccomp _ _ 60 by by ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 Hammadid Hammadid PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 compound _ _ 63 dynasty dynasty NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 64 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 69 cc _ _ 65 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 64 fixed _ _ 66 as as ADP IN _ 64 fixed _ _ 67 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 68 medieval medieval ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 geographers geographer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 conj _ _ 70 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 72 case _ _ 71 as as ADP IN _ 70 fixed _ _ 72 Muhammad Muhammad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 69 nmod _ _ 73 al Al PROPN NNP Number=Sing 72 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 74 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 75 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 75 Idrisi Idrisi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 72 conj _ _ 76 and and CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ _ 77 Yaqut Yaqut PROPN NNP Number=Sing 72 conj _ _ 78 al Al PROPN NNP Number=Sing 77 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 79 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 80 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 80 Hamawi Hamawi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 77 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **truncate** | participle | | | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | this name | a truncated form | | | | of the name | tree rules | | 3 | **use** | past · passive | Buluggin ibn | the name | | | | first *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 4 | **establish** | past | ibn | the modern city | | 972 AD | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Patient | | 5 | **is a** | past | 972 AD | Jazāʾir Banī | | | | بني مزغانة *appos* | tree rules | | 6 | **mean** | gerund | ibn *not said here* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **use** | past · passive | the Hammadid dynasty | islands of Banu Mazghanna | | | | this term *nsubj:pass*; early medieval geographers such Muhammad and Idrisi and Yaqut and Hamawi *conj* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 8 | **ruin** | | | the Punic city of Icosium | | | | | nom ruin «state 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, «Algiers», 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Algiers/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Algiers/23/) - ↑ back to [Algiers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Algiers/)