--- title: At a parliamentary session in June 2006 to discuss ratification of t… — Bahrain · tree and pragmatics description: At a parliamentary session in June 2006 to discuss ratification of the convention, Sheikh Adel Mouwda, the former leader of a salafist party, Asalah, explained the party's objections: "The convention has been tailored by our enemies, God kill them all, to serve their needs and protect their interest --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Bahrain/259/) [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/) / [Bahrain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Bahrain/) / 259 # Bahrain, sentence 259 From Wikipedia, [«Bahrain»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain), 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. At a parliamentary session in June 2006 to discuss ratification of the convention, Sheikh Adel Mouwda, the former leader of a salafist party, Asalah, explained the party's objections: "The convention has been tailored by our enemies, God kill them all, to serve their needs and protect their interests rather than ours. **Who acts:** enemies, God, party, Convention · **What happens:** discuss, explain, tailor, kill, serve, protect · **To what, where:** ratification, objections, parliamentary session, convention, needs, interests · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Bahrain». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (enemies, God, party, Convention), 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:Bahrain:259 # text = At a parliamentary session in June 2006 to discuss ratification of the convention, Sheikh Adel Mouwda, the former leader of a salafist party, Asalah, explained the party's objections: "The convention has been tailored by our enemies, God kill them all, to serve their needs and protect their interests rather than ours. 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 parliamentary parliamentary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 session session NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 June June PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 2006 2006 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nmod:unmarked _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 discuss discuss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl _ _ 10 ratification ratification NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 convention convention NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 Sheikh Sheikh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 Adel Adel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 17 Mouwda Mouwda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 leader leader NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 salafist salafist NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 Asalah Asalah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 29 explained explain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 's 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 objections objection NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 35 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 convention convention NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 tailored tailor VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 conj _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 kill kill VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 47 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 parataxis _ _ 52 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 needs need NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obj _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 protect protect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 conj _ _ 56 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 interests interest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obj _ _ 58 rather rather ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 59 than than ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 ours our PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **discuss** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | ratification of the convention | | | | | vn chit\_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ratification=Topic | | 2 | **explain** *speech: assert* | past | | the party's objections | | a parliamentary session in June 2006 and Sheikh Adel | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent objection=Topic | | 3 | **tailor** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | our enemies | the convention | | | | | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary | | 4 | **kill** *in a quote* | present | God | Convention | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **serve** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | Convention's needs | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent need=Attribute | | 6 | **protect** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Convention's interests | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interest=Beneficiary | | 7 | **ratify** | | | the convention | | | | | nom ratification «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **object** | | the party | | | | | | nom objection «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **need** *in a quote* | | Convention | | | | | | nom need «state transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **interest** *in a quote* | | Convention | | | | | | nom interest «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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, «Bahrain», 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 258](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Bahrain/258/) - next →: [sentence 260](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Bahrain/260/) - ↑ back to [Bahrain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Bahrain/)