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title: The kings of this period directly influenced or involved themselves… — Kathmandu · tree and pragmatics
description: The kings of this period directly influenced or involved themselves in the construction of public buildings, squares, and temples, as well as the development of waterspouts, the institutionalisation of trusts (called guthis), the codification of laws, the writing of dramas, and the performance of pl
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# Kathmandu, sentence 88

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From Wikipedia, [«Kathmandu»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathmandu), 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 kings of this period directly influenced or involved themselves in the construction of public buildings, squares, and temples, as well as the development of waterspouts, the institutionalisation of trusts (called guthis), the codification of laws, the writing of dramas, and the performance of plays in city squares.

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**Who acts:** trusts · **What happens:** influence, involve, call, construct, develop, codify · **To what, where:** kings, states, construction, guthis, public buildings, waterspouts · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Kathmandu». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (trusts), 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:Kathmandu:88
# text = The kings of this period directly influenced or involved themselves in the construction of public buildings, squares, and temples, as well as the development of waterspouts, the institutionalisation of trusts (called guthis), the codification of laws, the writing of dramas, and the performance of plays in city squares.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	influenced	influence	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	involved	involve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
10	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	9	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	construction	construction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	buildings	building	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	squares	square	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	temples	temple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
23	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	27	cc	_	_
24	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	23	fixed	_	_
25	as	as	ADP	IN	_	23	fixed	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	development	development	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	waterspouts	waterspout	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	institutionalisation	institutionalisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	conj	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	trusts	trust	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	nmod	_	_
35	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	34	acl	_	_
37	guthis	guthi	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	codification	codification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	conj	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	conj	_	_
47	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	dramas	drama	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	performance	performance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
53	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	plays	play	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	nmod	_	_
55	in	in	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	compound	_	_
57	squares	square	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	54	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **influence** | participle · passive |  | the kings of this period |  |  |  | temples *obl*; the performance of plays in city squares *obl*; the development of waterspouts and the institutionalisation of trusts and the codification of laws and the writing of dramas *parataxis*; directly *property* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **involve** | participle |  | states *= state* |  |  |  | in the construction of public buildings and squares *goal* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme in construction=Goal |
| 3 | **call** | participle | trusts *not said here* | guthis |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **construct** |  |  | public buildings and squares |  |  |  |  | nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 5 | **develop** |  |  | waterspouts |  |  |  |  | nom development «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 6 | **codify** |  |  | laws and the writing of dramas |  |  |  |  | nom codification «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 7 | **write** |  |  | dramas |  |  |  |  | nom writing «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 8 | **perform** |  |  | plays in city squares |  |  |  |  | nom performance «communication 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, «Kathmandu», 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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