--- title: (a) Old Town Primary Commercial Centre, comprising the twin establis… — Lilongwe · tree and pragmatics description: (a) Old Town Primary Commercial Centre, comprising the twin established centres in Area 2 (Bwalonjobvu) and Area 3 (Kang'ombe) (b) City Centre, serving the Capital Hill sector (c) Kanengo Primary Commercial Centre in Area 25/2 (Bvunguti) (d) Lumbadzi Primary Commercial Centre, based on the establish --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Lilongwe/26/) [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/) / [Lilongwe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Lilongwe/) / 26 # Lilongwe, sentence 26 From Wikipedia, [«Lilongwe»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilongwe), 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. (a) Old Town Primary Commercial Centre, comprising the twin established centres in Area 2 (Bwalonjobvu) and Area 3 (Kang'ombe) (b) City Centre, serving the Capital Hill sector (c) Kanengo Primary Commercial Centre in Area 25/2 (Bvunguti) (d) Lumbadzi Primary Commercial Centre, based on the established trading centre in Area 53/2 (Kalimbakatha). **Who acts:** Old Commercial Centre · **What happens:** comprise, establish, serve, base · **To what, where:** twin, centres, Area, Hill sector, Bvunguti, established trading centre This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Lilongwe». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Old Commercial Centre), 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:Lilongwe:26 # text = (a) Old Town Primary Commercial Centre, comprising the twin established centres in Area 2 (Bwalonjobvu) and Area 3 (Kang'ombe) (b) City Centre, serving the Capital Hill sector (c) Kanengo Primary Commercial Centre in Area 25/2 (Bvunguti) (d) Lumbadzi Primary Commercial Centre, based on the established trading centre in Area 53/2 (Kalimbakatha). 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 5 Town Town PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Primary Primary PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Commercial Commercial PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Centre Centre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 comprising comprise VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 twin twin NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 established establish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 centres centre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Area Area PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 16 flat _ _ 18 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Bwalonjobvu Bwalonjobvu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 19 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 Area Area PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 23 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 22 flat _ _ 24 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Kang'ombe Kang'ombe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 25 punct _ _ 27 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 b b NUM LS _ 25 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 25 punct _ _ 30 City City PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 Centre Centre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 list _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 serving serve VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 Capital Capital PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 Hill Hill PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 sector sector NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 38 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 c c NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 39 punct _ _ 41 Kanengo Kanengo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 42 Primary Primary PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 flat _ _ 43 Commercial Commercial PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 Centre Centre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Area Area PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 47 25/2 25/2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 46 flat _ _ 48 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 Bvunguti Bvunguti PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 49 punct _ _ 51 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 d D NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 52 punct _ _ 54 Lumbadzi Lumbadzi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 compound _ _ 55 Primary Primary PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 compound _ _ 56 Commercial Commercial PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 compound _ _ 57 Centre Centre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 59 based base VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 acl _ _ 60 on on ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 62 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 64 amod _ _ 63 trading trading NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 compound _ _ 64 centre centre NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 65 in in ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 Area Area PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 nmod _ _ 67 53/2 53/2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 66 flat _ _ 68 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 Kalimbakatha Kalimbakatha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 70 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **comprise** | gerund | a Old Commercial Centre *not said here* | the twin | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme twin=Pivot | | 2 | **establish** | past | a Old Commercial Centre | centres | | Area and Area and Kang'ombe City Centre | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent centre=Patient | | 3 | **serve** | gerund | a Old Commercial Centre *not said here* | the Hill sector | | Area and Bvunguti and Primary Commercial Centre | | Kanengo Commercial Centre *obj* | tree rules | | 4 | **base** | participle | | Bvunguti and Primary Commercial Centre *not said here* | | the established trading centre in Area | | | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on centre=Source | | 5 | **establish** | participle | | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | 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, «Lilongwe», 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Lilongwe/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Lilongwe/27/) - ↑ back to [Lilongwe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Lilongwe/)