--- title: During the reigns of Burunduk Khan (ruled 1488–1509) and Kasym Khan… — Kazakhstan · tree and pragmatics description: During the reigns of Burunduk Khan (ruled 1488–1509) and Kasym Khan (1509–18), the Kazakhs were the masters of virtually the entire steppe region, reportedly able to bring 200,000 cavalry into the field and feared by all their neighbours. Who acts: Burunduk, Kazakhs. 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During the reigns of Burunduk Khan (ruled 1488–1509) and Kasym Khan (1509–18), the Kazakhs were the masters of virtually the entire steppe region, reportedly able to bring 200,000 cavalry into the field and feared by all their neighbours. **Who acts:** Burunduk, Kazakhs · **What happens:** rule, be, bring, fear · **To what, where:** 1488, masters, 200,000 cavalry, field This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Kazakhstan». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Burunduk, Kazakhs), 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:Kazakhstan:144 # text = During the reigns of Burunduk Khan (ruled 1488–1509) and Kasym Khan (1509–18), the Kazakhs were the masters of virtually the entire steppe region, reportedly able to bring 200,000 cavalry into the field and feared by all their neighbours. 1 During during ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 reigns reign NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Burunduk Burunduk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 Khan Khan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 7 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ruled rule VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 9 1488 1488 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 – – SYM SYM ExtPos=ADP 11 case _ SpaceAfter=No 11 1509 1509 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 8 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 Kasym Kasym PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 15 Khan Khan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 flat _ _ 16 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 1509 1509 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 14 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 18 – – SYM SYM ExtPos=ADP 19 case _ SpaceAfter=No 19 18 18 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Kazakhs Kazakh PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 masters master NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 28 virtually virtually ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 entire entire ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 31 steppe steppe NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 region region NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 reportedly reportedly ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 200,000 200000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 39 cavalry cavalry NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 feared fear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 conj _ _ 45 by by ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 48 det:predet _ _ 47 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 neighbours neighbour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rule** | participle | Burunduk and Kasym *not said here* | 1488 | | | | – 1509 | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 1488=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | the Kazakhs | the masters | | | | of the entire steppe region | tree rules | | 3 | **bring** | to-infinitive | the Kazakhs *not said here* | 200,000 cavalry | | the field | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cavalry=Theme into field=Destination | | 4 | **fear** | participle | the Kazakhs *not said here* | | | | | by Kazakhs's neighbours | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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, «Kazakhstan», 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 143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Kazakhstan/143/) - next →: [sentence 145](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Kazakhstan/145/) - ↑ back to [Kazakhstan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Kazakhstan/)