--- title: Further, on 23 February 1556, it was given the title Muy Noble y Muy… — Quito · tree and pragmatics description: Further, on 23 February 1556, it was given the title Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de San Francisco de Quito ("Very Noble and Loyal City of San Francisco of Quito"), marking the start of its next phase of urban development. 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Further, on 23 February 1556, it was given the title Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de San Francisco de Quito ("Very Noble and Loyal City of San Francisco of Quito"), marking the start of its next phase of urban development. **What happens:** give, y, mark, start · **To what, where:** city, Muy Ciudad San, start, next phase This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Quito». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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:Quito:44 # text = Further, on 23 February 1556, it was given the title Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de San Francisco de Quito ("Very Noble and Loyal City of San Francisco of Quito"), marking the start of its next phase of urban development. 1 Further further ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 23 23 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 obl _ _ 5 February February PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:unmarked _ _ 6 1556 1556 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 title title NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 Muy Muy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 14 Noble Noble PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 flat _ _ 15 y y VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 Muy Muy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 17 Leal Leal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 flat _ _ 18 Ciudad Ciudad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 19 de de PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 flat _ _ 20 San San PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 21 Francisco Francisco PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 flat _ _ 22 de de ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 23 Quito Quito PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 24 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Very very ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 Noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 Loyal loyal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 30 City City PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 San San PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 Francisco Francisco PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 flat _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Quito Quito PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 " " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 marking mark VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 start start NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 phase phase NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 urban urban ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 development development NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past · passive | | city | | | | the title *obj*; further *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient title=Theme | | 2 | **y** | past | | Muy Ciudad San | | | | de Quito Noble City of San | tree rules | | 3 | **mark** | gerund | | the start of start's next phase of urban development | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent start=Destination | | 4 | **start** | | | start's next phase of urban development | | | | | nom start «event transitive»: 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, «Quito», 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Quito/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Quito/45/) - ↑ back to [Quito](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Quito/)