--- title: Nearchus is believed to have been the first of Alexander's commander… — Bahrain · tree and pragmatics description: Nearchus is believed to have been the first of Alexander's commanders to visit the island, and he found a verdant land that was part of a wide trading network; he recorded: "That on the island of Tylos, situated in the Persian Gulf, are large plantations of cotton trees, from which are manufactured --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Bahrain/45/) [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/) / 45 # Bahrain, sentence 45 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. Nearchus is believed to have been the first of Alexander's commanders to visit the island, and he found a verdant land that was part of a wide trading network; he recorded: "That on the island of Tylos, situated in the Persian Gulf, are large plantations of cotton trees, from which are manufactured clothes called sindones, of strongly differing degrees of value, some being costly, others less expensive. **Who acts:** Nearchus, verdant land, manufactured clothes, some, others · **What happens:** believe, be, visit, find, record, situate · **To what, where:** Nearchus, first, island, verdant land, part, That · **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 (Nearchus, verdant land, manufactured clothes, some), 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:45 # text = Nearchus is believed to have been the first of Alexander's commanders to visit the island, and he found a verdant land that was part of a wide trading network; he recorded: "That on the island of Tylos, situated in the Persian Gulf, are large plantations of cotton trees, from which are manufactured clothes called sindones, of strongly differing degrees of value, some being costly, others less expensive. 1 Nearchus Nearchus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 believed believe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 5 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux _ _ 6 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 cop _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 first first NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 xcomp _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 Alexander Alexander PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 commanders commander NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 verdant verdant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 30 trading trading NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 network network NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 recorded record VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 obj _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Tylos Tylos PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 situated situate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 Persian Persian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 Gulf Gulf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 plantations plantation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 cotton cotton NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 compound _ _ 55 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 57 from from ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 61 nsubj _ _ 59 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 cop _ _ 60 manufactured manufacture VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 61 amod _ _ 61 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 34 obl _ _ 62 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 61 acl _ _ 63 sindones sindone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 65 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 66 strongly strongly ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 67 differing differ VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 68 amod _ _ 68 degrees degree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 value value NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 72 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 74 nsubj _ _ 73 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 74 cop _ _ 74 costly costly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 76 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 78 nsubj _ _ 77 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 78 advmod _ _ 78 expensive expensive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | present · passive | | Nearchus | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive · perfect | | the first | | | | of Alexander's commanders | tree rules | | 3 | **visit** | to-infinitive | | the island | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent island=Co-Agent | | 4 | **find** | past | Nearchus | a verdant land | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Topic | | 5 | **is a** | past | a verdant land | part | | | | of a wide trading network | tree rules | | 6 | **record** | past | Nearchus | That | | the island of Tylos | | of differing degrees of value | tree rules | | 7 | **situate** *in a quote* | participle | | the island of Tylos *not said here* | | the Persian Gulf | | | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in gulf=Destination | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | large plantations | | | | of cotton trees | tree rules | | 9 | **manufacture** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | manufactured clothes | | | | which *nsubj* | tree rules | | 11 | **call** *in a quote* | participle | manufactured clothes *not said here* | sindones | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **differ** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | strongly *property* | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **is** *in a quote* | gerund | some | | | | | costly *property* | tree rules | | 14 | **be** *in a quote* | | others | | | | | less *property* | tree rules | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Bahrain/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Bahrain/46/) - ↑ back to [Bahrain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Bahrain/)