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title: Among the medieval authors was Persian poet and philosopher Nizami,… — Azerbaijan · tree and pragmatics
description: Among the medieval authors was Persian poet and philosopher Nizami, called Ganjavi after his place of birth, Ganja, who was the author of the Khamsa ("The Quintuplet"), composed of five romantic poems, including "The Treasure of Mysteries", "Khosrow and Shīrīn", and "Leyli and Mejnūn". Who acts: Gan
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# Azerbaijan, sentence 459

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From Wikipedia, [«Azerbaijan»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan), 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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Among the medieval authors was Persian poet and philosopher Nizami, called Ganjavi after his place of birth, Ganja, who was the author of the Khamsa ("The Quintuplet"), composed of five romantic poems, including "The Treasure of Mysteries", "Khosrow and Shīrīn", and "Leyli and Mejnūn".

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**Who acts:** Ganja · **What happens:** be, call, compose, include · **To what, where:** Persian poet, author · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Azerbaijan». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ganja), 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:Azerbaijan:459
# text = Among the medieval authors was Persian poet and philosopher Nizami, called Ganjavi after his place of birth, Ganja, who was the author of the Khamsa ("The Quintuplet"), composed of five romantic poems, including "The Treasure of Mysteries", "Khosrow and Shīrīn", and "Leyli and Mejnūn".
1	Among	among	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	medieval	medieval	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	authors	author	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	Persian	persian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	poet	poet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	philosopher	philosopher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	Nizami	Nizami	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
13	Ganjavi	Ganjavi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	xcomp	_	_
14	after	after	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	Ganja	Ganja	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	25	nsubj	_	_
23	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	author	author	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	appos	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	Khamsa	Khamsa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
29	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	32	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	32	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	Quintuplet	Quintuplet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	32	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	32	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
36	composed	compose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	parataxis	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
38	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	40	nummod	_	_
39	romantic	romantic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	poems	poem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
42	including	include	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	45	case	_	_
43	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	45	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	Treasure	Treasure	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	appos	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	Mysteries	Mystery	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	45	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	45	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
50	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	Khosrow	Khosrow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	appos	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
53	Shīrīn	Shīrīn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	51	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
57	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	58	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	Leyli	Leyli	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	parataxis	_	_
59	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
60	Mejnūn	Mejnūn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	58	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	58	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Persian poet and philosopher |  |  |  | among the medieval authors; philosopher *conj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** | participle |  | Persian poet and philosopher *not said here* |  |  | after Ganjavi's place of birth | Ganjavi *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | past | Ganja | the author |  |  |  | of the Khamsa | tree rules |
| 4 | **compose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | of five romantic poems; Leyli and Mejnūn *parataxis* | tree rules |
| 5 | **include** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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, «Azerbaijan», 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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