--- title: Also associated with the Vinča culture are anthropomorphic figurines… — Belgrade · tree and pragmatics description: Also associated with the Vinča culture are anthropomorphic figurines such as the Lady of Vinča, the earliest known copper metallurgy in Europe, and a proto-writing form developed prior to the Sumerians and Minoans known as the Old European script, which dates back to around 5300 BC. Who acts: Vinča --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Belgrade/29/) [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/) / [Belgrade](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Belgrade/) / 29 # Belgrade, sentence 29 From Wikipedia, [«Belgrade»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgrade), 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. Also associated with the Vinča culture are anthropomorphic figurines such as the Lady of Vinča, the earliest known copper metallurgy in Europe, and a proto-writing form developed prior to the Sumerians and Minoans known as the Old European script, which dates back to around 5300 BC. **Who acts:** Vinča culture, writing form, Old European script · **What happens:** associate, be, know, develop, date back · **To what, where:** Sumerians, Minoans This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Belgrade». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Vinča culture, writing form, Old European script), 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:Belgrade:29 # text = Also associated with the Vinča culture are anthropomorphic figurines such as the Lady of Vinča, the earliest known copper metallurgy in Europe, and a proto-writing form developed prior to the Sumerians and Minoans known as the Old European script, which dates back to around 5300 BC. 1 Also also ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 associated associate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 Vinča Vinča PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 culture culture NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 anthropomorphic anthropomorphic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 figurines figurine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 10 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 13 case _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 10 fixed _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Lady Lady PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Vinča Vinča PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 18 earliest early ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 21 amod _ _ 19 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 amod _ _ 20 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 metallurgy metallurgy NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Europe Europe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 27 proto proto ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 developed develop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 32 prior prior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 35 case _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 32 fixed _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Sumerians Sumerian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 Minoans Minoan PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 35 conj _ _ 38 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ _ 39 as as ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 42 European European ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 script script NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 46 dates date VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 47 back back ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 around around ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 5300 5300 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 46 obl _ _ 51 BC BC PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **associate** | participle | | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present | the Vinča culture | | | | | with anthropomorphic figurines; such the Lady of Vinča | tree rules | | 3 | **know** | participle | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **develop** | past | a writing form | the Sumerians and Minoans | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sumerian=Product | | 5 | **know** | participle | | Minoans *not said here* | | | | as the Old European script | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as script=Attribute | | 6 | **date back** | present | the Old European script | | | | | to 5300 BC | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=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, «Belgrade», 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Belgrade/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Belgrade/30/) - ↑ back to [Belgrade](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Belgrade/)