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title: The Cairo Geniza is an accumulation of almost 200,000 Jewish manuscr… — Cairo · tree and pragmatics
description: The Cairo Geniza is an accumulation of almost 200,000 Jewish manuscripts that were found in the genizah of the Ben Ezra Synagogue (built 882) of Fustat, Egypt (now Old Cairo), the Basatin cemetery east of Old Cairo, and a number of old documents that were bought in Cairo in the later 19th century. W
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# Cairo, sentence 399

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From Wikipedia, [«Cairo»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo), 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 Cairo Geniza is an accumulation of almost 200,000 Jewish manuscripts that were found in the genizah of the Ben Ezra Synagogue (built 882) of Fustat, Egypt (now Old Cairo), the Basatin cemetery east of Old Cairo, and a number of old documents that were bought in Cairo in the later 19th century.

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**Who acts:** Cairo Geniza, Ezra Synagogue · **What happens:** be, find, build, buy · **To what, where:** accumulation, 200,000 Jewish manuscripts, genizah, 882, old documents, Cairo

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Cairo». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Cairo Geniza, Ezra Synagogue), 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:Cairo:399
# text = The Cairo Geniza is an accumulation of almost 200,000 Jewish manuscripts that were found in the genizah of the Ben Ezra Synagogue (built 882) of Fustat, Egypt (now Old Cairo), the Basatin cemetery east of Old Cairo, and a number of old documents that were bought in Cairo in the later 19th century.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Cairo	Cairo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Geniza	Geniza	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	accumulation	accumulation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	200,000	200000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
10	Jewish	Jewish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	manuscripts	manuscript	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	genizah	genizah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
20	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	Ezra	Ezra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	Synagogue	Synagogue	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
23	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	acl	_	_
25	882	882	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	24	punct	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	Fustat	Fustat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
30	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	_
31	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	34	advmod	_	_
33	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	Cairo	Cairo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
38	Basatin	Basatin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	compound	_	_
39	cemetery	cemetery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	compound	_	_
40	east	east	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	appos	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	Cairo	Cairo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
46	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
48	of	of	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
50	documents	document	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	nmod	_	_
51	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	53	nsubj:pass	_	_
52	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	aux:pass	_	_
53	bought	buy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	50	acl:relcl	_	_
54	in	in	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	Cairo	Cairo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	_
56	in	in	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
58	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	59	advmod	_	_
59	19th	19th	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	60	amod	_	_
60	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Cairo Geniza | a accumulation and a number of old documents |  |  |  | of 200,000 Jewish manuscripts; a number of old documents *conj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | past · passive |  | 200,000 Jewish manuscripts |  | the genizah of the Ezra Synagogue |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 3 | **build** | participle | the Ezra Synagogue *not said here* | 882 |  |  |  | of Fustat and Egypt | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset 882=Product |
| 4 | **buy** | past · passive |  | old documents |  | Cairo | century |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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, «Cairo», 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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