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title: The city is known for its early 20th-century buildings, including th… — Asmara · tree and pragmatics
description: The city is known for its early 20th-century buildings, including the Art Deco Cinema Impero (opened in 1937 and considered by the experts one of the world's finest examples of Art Déco style building), Cubist Africa Pension, eclectic Eritrean Orthodox Enda Mariam Cathedral and former Opera House, t
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# Asmara, sentence 71

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From Wikipedia, [«Asmara»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asmara), 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.

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The city is known for its early 20th-century buildings, including the Art Deco Cinema Impero (opened in 1937 and considered by the experts one of the world's finest examples of Art Déco style building), Cubist Africa Pension, eclectic Eritrean Orthodox Enda Mariam Cathedral and former Opera House, the futurist Fiat Tagliero Building, the neo-Romanesque Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Asmara, and the neoclassical Governor's Palace.

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**Who acts:** world · **What happens:** know, open, consider, exemplify · **To what, where:** city, Deco Cinema Impero, 1937, Déco style building

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Asmara». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (world), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:Asmara:71
# text = The city is known for its early 20th-century buildings, including the Art Deco Cinema Impero (opened in 1937 and considered by the experts one of the world's finest examples of Art Déco style building), Cubist Africa Pension, eclectic Eritrean Orthodox Enda Mariam Cathedral and former Opera House, the futurist Fiat Tagliero Building, the neo-Romanesque Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Asmara, and the neoclassical Governor's Palace.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
7	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
8	20th	20th	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	buildings	building	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
13	including	including	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
15	Art	Art	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	Deco	Deco	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
17	Cinema	Cinema	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	Impero	Impero	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
19	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	opened	open	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	1937	1937	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	20	obl	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	considered	consider	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	conj	_	_
25	by	by	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	experts	expert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obl:agent	_	_
28	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	27	flat	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	's	's	PART	POS	_	31	case	_	_
33	finest	fine	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	34	amod	_	_
34	examples	example	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	nmod	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
36	Art	Art	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	compound	_	_
37	Déco	Déco	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	compound	_	_
38	style	style	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	compound	_	_
39	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
42	Cubist	Cubist	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	compound	_	_
43	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
44	Pension	Pension	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	eclectic	eclectic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	Eritrean	Eritrean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
48	Orthodox	Orthodox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	flat	_	_
49	Enda	Enda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	flat	_	_
50	Mariam	Mariam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	51	compound	_	_
51	Cathedral	Cathedral	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	flat	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
53	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
54	Opera	Opera	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	55	compound	_	_
55	House	House	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	futurist	futurist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
59	Fiat	Fiat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	58	appos	_	_
60	Tagliero	Tagliero	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	59	flat	_	_
61	Building	Building	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	59	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	_
63	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
64	neo-Romanesque	neo-romanesque	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	65	amod	_	_
65	Church	Church	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	appos	_	_
66	of	of	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
67	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	68	nmod:poss	_	_
68	Lady	Lady	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	65	nmod	_	_
69	of	of	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
70	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
71	Rosary	Rosary	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	65	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	73	punct	_	_
73	Asmara	Asmara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	80	punct	_	_
75	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	80	cc	_	_
76	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	78	det	_	_
77	neoclassical	neoclassical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	78	amod	_	_
78	Governor	Governor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	80	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	's	's	PART	POS	_	78	case	_	_
80	Palace	Palace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
81	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present · passive |  | the city |  |  |  | for city's early century buildings including the Deco Cinema Impero and Cubist Africa and eclectic Eritrean and former Opera House and the futurist and Asmara; the neoclassical Governor's Palace *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus |
| 2 | **open** | participle |  | the Deco Cinema Impero and Cubist Africa and eclectic Eritrean and former Opera House and the futurist and Asmara *not said here* |  | 1937 |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 1937=Location |
| 3 | **consider** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | the experts *obl:agent* | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **exemplify** |  | the world | Déco style building |  |  |  |  | nom example «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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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.

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**Text:** the English Wikipedia, «Asmara», 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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