--- title: The second century AD saw Philadelphia thriving, with the city being… — Amman · tree and pragmatics description: The second century AD saw Philadelphia thriving, with the city being rebuilt in the classical Roman style, with a large theater, a smaller odeon theater, a nymphaeum, public baths, a forum, and a network of colonnaded streets in the valley, as well as a propylaeon with stairs connecting it to the ac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Amman/67/) [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/) / [Amman](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Amman/) / 67 # Amman, sentence 67 From Wikipedia, [«Amman»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amman), 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. The second century AD saw Philadelphia thriving, with the city being rebuilt in the classical Roman style, with a large theater, a smaller odeon theater, a nymphaeum, public baths, a forum, and a network of colonnaded streets in the valley, as well as a propylaeon with stairs connecting it to the acropolis on Citadel Hill, where a temple dedicated to Hercules was built. **Who acts:** second century AD, Philadelphia, stairs · **What happens:** see, thrive, rebuild, connect, dedicate, build · **To what, where:** Philadelphia, city, classical Roman style, AD, temple, Hercules This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Amman». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (second century AD, Philadelphia, stairs), 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:Amman:67 # text = The second century AD saw Philadelphia thriving, with the city being rebuilt in the classical Roman style, with a large theater, a smaller odeon theater, a nymphaeum, public baths, a forum, and a network of colonnaded streets in the valley, as well as a propylaeon with stairs connecting it to the acropolis on Citadel Hill, where a temple dedicated to Hercules was built. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 3 century century NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 AD ad NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Philadelphia Philadelphia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 thriving thrive VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 rebuilt rebuild VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 classical classical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 Roman roman ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 style style NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 theater theater NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 28 amod _ _ 27 odeon odeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 theater theater NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 nymphaeum nymphaeum NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 baths bath NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 forum forum NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 network network NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 colonnaded colonnaded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 53 cc _ _ 50 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 49 fixed _ _ 51 as as ADP IN _ 49 fixed _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 propylaeon propylaeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 54 with with ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 stairs stair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nmod _ _ 56 connecting connect VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 55 acl _ _ 57 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 to to ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 acropolis acropolis NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 61 on on ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 Citadel Citadel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 compound _ _ 63 Hill Hill PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 65 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 72 advmod _ _ 66 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 temple temple NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 nsubj:pass _ _ 68 dedicated dedicate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 67 acl _ _ 69 to to ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 Hercules Hercules PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 obl _ _ 71 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 72 aux:pass _ _ 72 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 63 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the second century AD | Philadelphia | | | | a network of colonnaded streets in the valley as a propylaeon with stairs *parataxis* | tree rules | | 2 | **thrive** | gerund | Philadelphia *not said here* | | | | | with the city; with a large theater and a smaller odeon theater and a forum | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **rebuild** | gerund · passive | | the city *not said here* | | the classical Roman style | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP» | | 4 | **connect** | gerund | stairs *not said here* | AD | | | | to the acropolis on Citadel Hill | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient to acropolis=Co-Patient | | 5 | **dedicate** | participle | | a temple *not said here* | Hercules | | | | vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent to hercules=Goal | | 6 | **build** | past · passive | | a temple | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | 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, «Amman», 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Amman/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Amman/68/) - ↑ back to [Amman](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Amman/)