--- title: Syrian Sufism has its stronghold in urban regions such as Damascus,… — Damascus · tree and pragmatics description: Syrian Sufism has its stronghold in urban regions such as Damascus, where it also established political movements such as Zayd, with the help of a series of mosques, and clergy such as Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Sa'id Hawwa, Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri and Muhammad al-Yaqoubi. 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Syrian Sufism has its stronghold in urban regions such as Damascus, where it also established political movements such as Zayd, with the help of a series of mosques, and clergy such as Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Sa'id Hawwa, Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri and Muhammad al-Yaqoubi. **Who acts:** Syrian Sufism, world · **What happens:** have, establish, help · **To what, where:** stronghold, urban regions, political movements, series This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Damascus». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Syrian Sufism, world), 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:Damascus:364 # text = Syrian Sufism has its stronghold in urban regions such as Damascus, where it also established political movements such as Zayd, with the help of a series of mosques, and clergy such as Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Sa'id Hawwa, Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri and Muhammad al-Yaqoubi. 1 Syrian Syrian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 Sufism Sufism PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 stronghold stronghold NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 urban urban ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 regions region NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 9 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 11 case _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 9 fixed _ _ 11 Damascus Damascus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 16 advmod _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 also also ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 established establish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 17 political political ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 movements movement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 21 case _ _ 20 as as ADP IN _ 19 fixed _ _ 21 Zayd Zayd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 series series NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 mosques mosque NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 clergy clergy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 34 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 36 case _ _ 35 as as ADP IN _ 34 fixed _ _ 36 Abd Abd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 al Al PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 Ghani Ghani PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 40 al Al PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Nabulsi Nabulsi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 Sa'id Sa'id PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 45 Hawwa Hawwa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 Abd Abd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 48 al Al PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 Rahman Rahman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 conj _ _ 51 al Al PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 Shaghouri Shaghouri PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 conj _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 Muhammad Muhammad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 56 al Al PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 57 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 Yaqoubi Yaqoubi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Syrian Sufism | world's stronghold | | urban regions such Damascus | | clergy *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **establish** | past | world | political movements | | | | such Zayd; with the help of a series of mosques | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent movement=Theme with help=Source | | 3 | **help** | | | a series of mosques | | | | | nom help «act transitive»: of=patient | 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, «Damascus», 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 363](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Damascus/363/) - next →: [sentence 365](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Damascus/365/) - ↑ back to [Damascus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Damascus/)