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title: Most of Moldovan territory was a part of the Principality of Moldavi… — Moldova · tree and pragmatics
description: Most of Moldovan territory was a part of the Principality of Moldavia from the 14th century until 1812, when it was ceded to the Russian Empire by the Ottoman Empire (to which Moldavia was a vassal state) and became known as Bessarabia. Who acts: Most, Ottoman Empire, Moldavia. A sentence of Wikiped
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# Moldova, sentence 5

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From Wikipedia, [«Moldova»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldova), 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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Most of Moldovan territory was a part of the Principality of Moldavia from the 14th century until 1812, when it was ceded to the Russian Empire by the Ottoman Empire (to which Moldavia was a vassal state) and became known as Bessarabia.

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**Who acts:** Most, Ottoman Empire, Moldavia · **What happens:** be, cede, become, know · **To what, where:** part, Principality, Russian Empire, vassal state

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Moldova». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Most, Ottoman Empire, Moldavia), 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:Moldova:5
# text = Most of Moldovan territory was a part of the Principality of Moldavia from the 14th century until 1812, when it was ceded to the Russian Empire by the Ottoman Empire (to which Moldavia was a vassal state) and became known as Bessarabia.
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	Moldovan	moldovan	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	territory	territory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Principality	principality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Moldavia	Moldavia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	14th	14th	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	16	amod	_	_
16	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
17	until	until	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	1812	1812	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	23	advmod	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj:pass	_	_
22	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux:pass	_	_
23	ceded	cede	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	Russian	Russian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	Empire	Empire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
28	by	by	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	Ottoman	Ottoman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	compound	_	_
31	Empire	Empire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
32	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	39	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	to	to	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	39	obl	_	_
35	Moldavia	Moldavia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	nsubj	_	_
36	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	cop	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	vassal	vassal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	39	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	conj	_	_
43	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	42	xcomp	_	_
44	as	as	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	Bessarabia	Bessarabia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Most of Moldovan territory | a part |  |  |  | of the Principality of Moldavia from the 14th century until 1812 | tree rules |
| 2 | **cede** | past · passive | the Ottoman Empire | Principality | the Russian Empire |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to empire=Goal |
| 3 | **is a** | past | Moldavia | a vassal state |  |  |  | to the Ottoman Empire | tree rules |
| 4 | **become** | past | the Ottoman Empire *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **know** | participle | the Ottoman Empire *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as Bessarabia | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as bessarabia=Attribute |

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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, «Moldova», 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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