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title: During the period of Muhammad Ali's domination over the Hejaz and Ye… — Djibouti · tree and pragmatics
description: During the period of Muhammad Ali's domination over the Hejaz and Yemen in the early 19th century, the port of Zeila also fell under the authority of Cairo, depending administratively on Mokha; its governor, named Mohammed El-Barr, kept command of it in exchange for an annual payment of 50 thalers, 
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# Djibouti, sentence 208

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From Wikipedia, [«Djibouti»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djibouti), 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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During the period of Muhammad Ali's domination over the Hejaz and Yemen in the early 19th century, the port of Zeila also fell under the authority of Cairo, depending administratively on Mokha; its governor, named Mohammed El-Barr, kept command of it in exchange for an annual payment of 50 thalers, which he paid each year to Ibrahim Pasha, son of Muhammad Ali.

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**Who acts:** port, annual payment, Muhammad Ali · **What happens:** fall, depend, name, keep, pay, dominate · **To what, where:** governor, authority, Ibrahim, Hejaz, command, exchange · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Djibouti». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (port, annual payment, Muhammad Ali), 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:Djibouti:208
# text = During the period of Muhammad Ali's domination over the Hejaz and Yemen in the early 19th century, the port of Zeila also fell under the authority of Cairo, depending administratively on Mokha; its governor, named Mohammed El-Barr, kept command of it in exchange for an annual payment of 50 thalers, which he paid each year to Ibrahim Pasha, son of Muhammad Ali.
1	During	during	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	Muhammad	Muhammad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Ali	Ali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	domination	domination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	over	over	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Hejaz	Hejaz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	Yemen	Yemen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
17	19th	19th	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	18	amod	_	_
18	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	port	port	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	Zeila	Zeila	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
24	also	also	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
25	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
26	under	under	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	authority	authority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	Cairo	Cairo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
32	depending	depend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	25	advcl	_	_
33	administratively	administratively	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
34	on	on	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	Mokha	Mokha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	38	punct	_	_
37	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	governor	governor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
40	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	38	acl	_	_
41	Mohammed	Mohammed	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	xcomp	_	_
42	El	El	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	44	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	Barr	Barr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	47	amod	_	_
47	command	command	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	conj	_	_
48	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nmod	_	_
50	in	in	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nmod	_	_
52	for	for	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
53	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
54	annual	annual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nmod	_	_
56	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	58	nummod	_	_
58	thalers	thaler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	55	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
60	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	62	nsubj	_	_
61	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	62	nsubj	_	_
62	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	55	parataxis	_	_
63	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	64	det	_	_
64	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obj	_	_
65	to	to	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
66	Ibrahim	Ibrahim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	62	obl	_	_
67	Pasha	Pasha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	66	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
69	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	appos	_	_
70	of	of	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
71	Muhammad	Muhammad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	72	compound	_	_
72	Ali	Ali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	69	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	25	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | the port of Zeila | port's governor and kept command of command in exchange for a annual payment of 50 thalers |  | the authority of Cairo | during the period of Muhammad Ali's domination over the Hejaz and Yemen in the early 19th century |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under authority=Location |
| 2 | **depend** | gerund | the port of Zeila *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on Mokha; administratively *property* | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on mokha=Theme |
| 3 | **name** | participle |  | port's governor and kept command of command in exchange for a annual payment of 50 thalers *not said here* |  |  |  | Mohammed and Barr *xcomp* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **keep** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **pay** | past | a annual payment of 50 thalers |  | Ibrahim |  | year | trial *nsubj* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **dominate** |  | Muhammad Ali |  |  | the Hejaz and Yemen |  | in the early 19th century | nom domination «act intransitive»: poss=agent over=place in=obl |
| 7 | **command** |  |  | command |  | exchange for a annual payment of 50 thalers |  |  | nom command «communication transitive»: of=patient in=place |
| 8 | **pay** |  |  | 50 thalers |  |  |  |  | nom payment «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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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, «Djibouti», 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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