--- title: Among these are references to "Pene" and "Malal" in the work of al-B… — Mali · tree and pragmatics description: Among these are references to "Pene" and "Malal" in the work of al-Bakri in 1068, the story of the conversion of an early ruler, known to Ibn Khaldun (by 1397) as Barmandana, and a few geographical details in the work of al-Idrisi. Who acts: al. 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Among these are references to "Pene" and "Malal" in the work of al-Bakri in 1068, the story of the conversion of an early ruler, known to Ibn Khaldun (by 1397) as Barmandana, and a few geographical details in the work of al-Idrisi. **Who acts:** al · **What happens:** be, know, work, convert · **To what, where:** work, early ruler, Ibn Khaldun This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Mali». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (al), 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:Mali:41 # text = Among these are references to "Pene" and "Malal" in the work of al-Bakri in 1068, the story of the conversion of an early ruler, known to Ibn Khaldun (by 1397) as Barmandana, and a few geographical details in the work of al-Idrisi. 1 Among among ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 references reference NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Pene Pene PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Malal Malal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 al Al PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Bakri Bakri PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 flat _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 1068 1068 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 conversion conversion NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 ruler ruler NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 Ibn Ibn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 Khaldun Khaldun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 1397 1397 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 36 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 39 punct _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Barmandana Barmandana PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 46 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 47 geographical geographical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 details detail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 al Al PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 Idrisi Idrisi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | the work of al and the story of the conversion of a early ruler | | among this references and a few geographical details in the work of al; Pene and Malal *nmod*; a few geographical details in the work of al *conj* | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | participle | | a early ruler *not said here* | Ibn Khaldun | | | as Barmandana | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as barmandana=Attribute | | 3 | **work** | | al | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent | | 4 | **convert** | | | a early ruler | | | | | nom conversion «event transitive»: of=patient | | 5 | **work** | | al | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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, «Mali», 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Mali/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Mali/42/) - ↑ back to [Mali](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Mali/)