--- title: The first chief, a commoner named Bagniou, was unpopular as he had b… — Niamey · tree and pragmatics description: The first chief, a commoner named Bagniou, was unpopular as he had been a guide for the Voulet–Chanoine Mission, and the chiefdom of Karma protested losing autonomy to the new canton; it was replaced by the Canton of Karma in 1908. Who acts: first chief, Bagniou, chiefdom, Canton. 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The first chief, a commoner named Bagniou, was unpopular as he had been a guide for the Voulet–Chanoine Mission, and the chiefdom of Karma protested losing autonomy to the new canton; it was replaced by the Canton of Karma in 1908. **Who acts:** first chief, Bagniou, chiefdom, Canton · **What happens:** name, be, protest, lose, replace · **To what, where:** commoner, guide, autonomy, Canton, 1908 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 (first chief, Bagniou, chiefdom, Canton), 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:52 # text = The first chief, a commoner named Bagniou, was unpopular as he had been a guide for the Voulet–Chanoine Mission, and the chiefdom of Karma protested losing autonomy to the new canton; it was replaced by the Canton of Karma in 1908. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 commoner commoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 Bagniou Bagniou PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 unpopular unpopular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 15 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 cop _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 guide guide NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 advcl _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 20 Voulet Voulet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 – – PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Chanoine Chanoine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 Mission Mission PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 chiefdom chiefdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Karma Karma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 protested protest VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 31 losing lose VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 xcomp _ _ 32 autonomy autonomy NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 canton canton NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 replaced replace VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Canton Canton PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Karma Karma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 1908 1908 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **name** | participle | | a commoner *not said here* | | | | Bagniou *xcomp* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | the first chief and a commoner | | | | | unpopular *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | past · perfect | Bagniou | a guide | | | | for the Chanoine Mission | tree rules | | 4 | **protest** *speech: disagree* | past | the chiefdom of Karma | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **lose** | gerund | the chiefdom of Karma *not said here* | autonomy | | | | to the new canton | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent autonomy=Eventuality | | 6 | **replace** | past · passive | the Canton of Karma | Canton | | 1908 | | | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Niamey/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Niamey/53/) - ↑ back to [Niamey](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Niamey/)