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title: However, prior to the Greek Revolution of 1821, there had been wars… — Greece · tree and pragmatics
description: However, prior to the Greek Revolution of 1821, there had been wars which saw Greeks fight against the Ottomans, such as the Greek participation in the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, the Morean War of 1684–1699, and the Russian-instigated Orlov revolt in 1770. Who acts: Greek Revolution, wars, Greeks. A
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# Greece, sentence 109

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From Wikipedia, [«Greece»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece), 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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However, prior to the Greek Revolution of 1821, there had been wars which saw Greeks fight against the Ottomans, such as the Greek participation in the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, the Morean War of 1684–1699, and the Russian-instigated Orlov revolt in 1770.

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**Who acts:** Greek Revolution, wars, Greeks · **What happens:** be, see, fight, instigate · **To what, where:** wars · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Greece». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Greek Revolution, wars, Greeks), 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:Greece:109
# text = However, prior to the Greek Revolution of 1821, there had been wars which saw Greeks fight against the Ottomans, such as the Greek participation in the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, the Morean War of 1684–1699, and the Russian-instigated Orlov revolt in 1770.
1	However	however	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	7	case	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Greek	Greek	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Revolution	Revolution	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	1821	1821	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
11	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	7	expl	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	cop	_	_
14	wars	war	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
15	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
17	Greeks	Greek	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
18	fight	fight	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	ccomp	_	_
19	against	against	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	Ottomans	Ottoman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
23	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	27	case	_	_
24	as	as	ADP	IN	_	23	fixed	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	participation	participation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	_
28	in	in	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	Battle	Battle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	Lepanto	Lepanto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
33	in	in	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	1571	1571	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	Morean	Morean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	compound	_	_
38	War	War	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	1684	1684	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	–	–	SYM	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	42	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	1699	1699	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
46	Russian	Russian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	46	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	instigated	instigate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	50	amod	_	_
49	Orlov	Orlov	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	compound	_	_
50	revolt	revolt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
51	in	in	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	1770	1770	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	50	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past · perfect | the Greek Revolution of 1821  there | wars and the instigated Orlov revolt in 1770 |  |  |  | the instigated Orlov revolt in 1770 *conj*; however *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | past | wars and the instigated Orlov revolt in 1770 |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **fight** | present | Greeks |  |  |  |  | against the Ottomans and the Greek participation in the Battle of Lepanto in 1571  the Morean War of 1684 – 1699 | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **instigate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition |

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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, «Greece», 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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