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title: The Ottomans appeared to have a more deliberate approach to converti… — Kosovo · tree and pragmatics
description: The Ottomans appeared to have a more deliberate approach to converting the Roman Catholic population who were mostly Albanians (and were most of the converts to Islam) in comparison with the mostly Serbian adherents of Eastern Orthodoxy, as they viewed the former less favourably due to its allegianc
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# Kosovo, sentence 110

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From Wikipedia, [«Kosovo»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo), 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 Ottomans appeared to have a more deliberate approach to converting the Roman Catholic population who were mostly Albanians (and were most of the converts to Islam) in comparison with the mostly Serbian adherents of Eastern Orthodoxy, as they viewed the former less favourably due to its allegiance to Rome, a competing regional power.

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**Who acts:** Ottomans, Roman Catholic population · **What happens:** appear, have, convert, be, view, compete · **To what, where:** deliberate approach, Roman Catholic population, comparison, Albanians

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Kosovo». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ottomans, Roman Catholic population), 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:Kosovo:110
# text = The Ottomans appeared to have a more deliberate approach to converting the Roman Catholic population who were mostly Albanians (and were most of the converts to Islam) in comparison with the mostly Serbian adherents of Eastern Orthodoxy, as they viewed the former less favourably due to its allegiance to Rome, a competing regional power.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Ottomans	Ottoman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	approach	approach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	converting	convert	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	Roman	roman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	Catholic	catholic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	population	population	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
16	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
17	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	Albanians	Albanian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
20	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
23	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	19	appos	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	converts	convert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nmod	_	_
27	to	to	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	Islam	Islam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	19	punct	_	_
30	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	comparison	comparison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
32	with	with	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
34	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
35	Serbian	serbian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	adherents	adherent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	nmod	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	Eastern	eastern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	Orthodoxy	Orthodoxy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
41	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
42	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
43	viewed	view	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	obl	_	_
46	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	47	advmod	_	_
47	favourably	favourably	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
48	due	due	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	51	case	_	_
49	to	to	ADP	IN	_	48	fixed	_	_
50	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	51	nmod:poss	_	_
51	allegiance	allegiance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
52	to	to	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	51	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
55	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
56	competing	compete	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	58	amod	_	_
57	regional	regional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
58	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | past | the Ottomans |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **have** | to-infinitive | the Ottomans *not said here* | a deliberate approach |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent approach=Patient |
| 3 | **convert** | gerund | the Ottomans *not said here* | the Roman Catholic population |  | comparison with the Serbian adherents of Eastern Orthodoxy |  |  | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent population=Patient |
| 4 | **is a** | past | the Roman Catholic population | Albanians |  |  |  | mostly *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | of the converts to Islam; most *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **view** | past | Ottomans *= ottoman* |  |  |  |  | due comparison's allegiance to Rome and a competing regional power; favourably *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **compete** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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, «Kosovo», 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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