--- title: The Zarma believe that the founder, a Kallé Zarma chief from the Zar… — Niamey · tree and pragmatics description: The Zarma believe that the founder, a Kallé Zarma chief from the Zarmaganda region named Kouri Mali, acquired land between Yantala and Gamkalé Sebangayé; they say the city's name is derived from his exclamation of "wa gnam ne", meaning "clear out here" or "settle here". 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The Zarma believe that the founder, a Kallé Zarma chief from the Zarmaganda region named Kouri Mali, acquired land between Yantala and Gamkalé Sebangayé; they say the city's name is derived from his exclamation of "wa gnam ne", meaning "clear out here" or "settle here". **Who acts:** Zarma, founders, city · **What happens:** believe, name, acquire, say, derive, mean · **To what, where:** Zarmaganda region, name, exclamation, wa gnam ne · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Niamey». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Zarma, founders, city), 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:Niamey:38 # text = The Zarma believe that the founder, a Kallé Zarma chief from the Zarmaganda region named Kouri Mali, acquired land between Yantala and Gamkalé Sebangayé; they say the city's name is derived from his exclamation of "wa gnam ne", meaning "clear out here" or "settle here". 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Zarma Zarma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 believe believe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 founder founder NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 Kallé Kallé PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 10 Zarma Zarma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 flat _ _ 11 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 Zarmaganda Zarmaganda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 region region NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 16 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 17 Kouri Kouri PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 xcomp _ _ 18 Mali Mali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 acquired acquire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 amod _ _ 21 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 22 between between ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Yantala Yantala PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 Gamkalé Gamkalé PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 26 Sebangayé Sebangayé PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 's 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 derived derive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 ccomp _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 exclamation exclamation NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 " " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 wa wa NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 42 gnam gnam NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 ne ne NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 meaning mean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 47 " " PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 clear clear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 ccomp _ _ 49 out out ADP RP _ 48 compound:prt _ _ 50 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ _ 52 or or CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 " " PUNCT `` _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 settle settle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 55 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 54 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 " " PUNCT '' _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | present | the Zarma | | | | | the founder *ccomp* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **name** | participle | | the Zarmaganda region *not said here* | | | | Kouri *xcomp* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **acquire** | participle | | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | founders *= founder* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **derive** | present · passive | | the city's name | | Zarma's exclamation of wa gnam ne | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from exclamation=Material | | 6 | **mean** | gerund | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **clear out** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | here | | | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source | | 8 | **settle** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | here | | | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **name** | | the city | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **exclaim** | | Zarma | wa gnam ne | | | | | nom exclamation «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | 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, «Niamey», 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Niamey/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Niamey/39/) - ↑ back to [Niamey](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Niamey/)