--- title: Although the population fell after the completion of the railwayline… — Djibouti · tree and pragmatics description: Although the population fell after the completion of the railwayline to Dire Dawa and the original company failed and required a government bail-out, the rail link allowed the territory to quickly supersede the caravan-based trade carried on at Zeila (then in the British area of Somaliland) and beco --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Djibouti/237/) [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/) / [Djibouti](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Djibouti/) / 237 # Djibouti, sentence 237 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/). 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Although the population fell after the completion of the railwayline to Dire Dawa and the original company failed and required a government bail-out, the rail link allowed the territory to quickly supersede the caravan-based trade carried on at Zeila (then in the British area of Somaliland) and become the premier port for coffee and other goods leaving southern Ethiopia and the Ogaden through Harar.The 6th Somali Marching Battalion was formed in Madagascar on May 11, 1916, with recruits from the French Somali Coast and renamed the 1st Battalion of Somali Tirailleurs upon arrival in France in June. **Who acts:** population, original company, government, rail link, territory, premier port · **What happens:** fall, fail, require, out, allow, supersede · **To what, where:** territory, based trade, British area, Zeila, premier port, southern Ethiopia 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 (population, original company, government, rail link), 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:Djibouti:237 # text = Although the population fell after the completion of the railwayline to Dire Dawa and the original company failed and required a government bail-out, the rail link allowed the territory to quickly supersede the caravan-based trade carried on at Zeila (then in the British area of Somaliland) and become the premier port for coffee and other goods leaving southern Ethiopia and the Ogaden through Harar.The 6th Somali Marching Battalion was formed in Madagascar on May 11, 1916, with recruits from the French Somali Coast and renamed the 1st Battalion of Somali Tirailleurs upon arrival in France in June. 1 Although although SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 population population NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 completion completion NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 railwayline railwayline NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Dire Dire PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 Dawa Dawa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 flat _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 original original ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 required require VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 22 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 23 bail bail NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 out out NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 rail rail NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 link link NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 allowed allow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 territory territory NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 34 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 supersede supersede VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 37 caravan caravan NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 based base VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 amod _ _ 40 trade trade NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 41 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl _ _ 42 on on ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 Zeila Zeila PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 50 advmod _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 British British ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 area area NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 Somaliland Somaliland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 50 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 premier premier NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 compound _ _ 58 port port NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 xcomp _ _ 59 for for ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 coffee coffee NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 62 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 58 conj _ _ 64 leaving leave VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 58 acl _ _ 65 southern southern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 Ethiopia Ethiopia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 obj _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 Ogaden Ogaden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 conj _ _ 70 through through ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 71 Harar.The Harar.The PROPN NNP Number=Sing 73 compound _ _ 72 6th 6th NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord 73 compound _ _ 73 Somali somali NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 74 Marching march VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 73 acl _ _ 75 Battalion Battalion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 77 nsubj _ _ 76 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 77 aux:pass _ _ 77 formed form VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 74 acl:relcl _ _ 78 in in ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 79 Madagascar Madagascar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 77 obl _ _ 80 on on ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 81 May May PROPN NNP Number=Sing 82 nmod:unmarked _ _ 82 11 11 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 77 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 83 , , PUNCT , _ 82 punct _ _ 84 1916 1916 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 82 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 85 , , PUNCT , _ 87 punct _ _ 86 with with ADP IN _ 87 case _ _ 87 recruits recruit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 77 obl _ _ 88 from from ADP IN _ 92 case _ _ 89 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 92 det _ _ 90 French French ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 92 amod _ _ 91 Somali Somali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 92 compound _ _ 92 Coast Coast PROPN NNP Number=Sing 87 nmod _ _ 93 and and CCONJ CC _ 94 cc _ _ 94 renamed rename VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 95 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 97 det _ _ 96 1st 1st ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord 97 amod _ _ 97 Battalion Battalion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 94 obj _ _ 98 of of ADP IN _ 100 case _ _ 99 Somali Somali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 100 compound _ _ 100 Tirailleurs tirailleur NOUN NNS Number=Plur 97 nmod _ _ 101 upon upon ADP IN _ 102 case _ _ 102 arrival arrival NOUN NN Number=Sing 94 obl _ _ 103 in in ADP IN _ 104 case _ _ 104 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 102 nmod _ _ 105 in in ADP IN _ 106 case _ _ 106 June June PROPN NNP Number=Sing 94 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 107 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | the population | | | | after the completion of the railwayline to Dire | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **fail** | past | the original company | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **require** | past | the original company *not said here* | | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **out** | | government | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **allow** | past | the rail link | the territory | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer territory=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **supersede** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the territory *not said here* | the based trade | | the British area of Somaliland | | quickly *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **base** | participle | | | | | | caravan *compound* | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **carry on** | participle | | the based trade *not said here* | | Zeila | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **become** | infinitive | the territory *not said here* | the premier port for coffee and other goods | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **leave** | gerund | the premier port for coffee and other goods *not said here* | southern Ethiopia and the Ogaden | | Harar.The 6th Somali | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ethiopia=Theme through somali=Location | | 11 | **march** | gerund | Harar.The 6th Somali *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **form** | past · passive | | Battalion | | Madagascar | | on 11 May; with recruits from the French Somali Coast | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 13 | **rename** | past | the rail link *not said here* | the 1st Battalion of Somali Tirailleurs | | | june | upon arrival in France | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent battalion=Result | | 14 | **complete** | | | the railwayline to Dire | | | | | nom completion «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, «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. - ← previous: [sentence 236](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Djibouti/236/) - next →: [sentence 238](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Djibouti/238/) - ↑ back to [Djibouti](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Djibouti/)