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title: A narrow-gauge locomotive was used to haul quarried stones from mine… — Reykjavík · tree and pragmatics
description: A narrow-gauge locomotive was used to haul quarried stones from mines in Öskjuhlíð, Þingholtum and other locations, which now all sits inside the city limits, to construct the harbour, its quays and its defensive walls in the early 20th century, and is on display by the harbour in the summer time. A
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# Reykjavík, sentence 248

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From Wikipedia, [«Reykjavík»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reykjavík), 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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A narrow-gauge locomotive was used to haul quarried stones from mines in Öskjuhlíð, Þingholtum and other locations, which now all sits inside the city limits, to construct the harbour, its quays and its defensive walls in the early 20th century, and is on display by the harbour in the summer time.

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**What happens:** use, haul, quarry, sit, construct, be · **To what, where:** gauge locomotive, quarried stones, mines, other locations, city limits, harbour

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Reykjavík». 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.

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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:Reykjavík:248
# text = A narrow-gauge locomotive was used to haul quarried stones from mines in Öskjuhlíð, Þingholtum and other locations, which now all sits inside the city limits, to construct the harbour, its quays and its defensive walls in the early 20th century, and is on display by the harbour in the summer time.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	gauge	gauge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	locomotive	locomotive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	haul	haul	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	quarried	quarry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	mines	mine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Öskjuhlíð	Öskjuhlíð	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	Þingholtum	Þingholtum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	locations	location	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	25	obj	_	_
23	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	25	advmod	_	_
24	all	all	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
25	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	conj	_	_
26	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	compound	_	_
29	limits	limit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	to	to	PART	TO	_	32	mark	_	_
32	construct	construct	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	harbour	harbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	quays	quay	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	conj	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
39	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
40	defensive	defensive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	conj	_	_
42	in	in	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
44	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
45	20th	20th	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	46	amod	_	_
46	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
49	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	51	cop	_	_
50	on	on	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	display	display	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
52	by	by	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	harbour	harbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nmod	_	_
55	in	in	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
57	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	compound	_	_
58	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past · passive |  | a gauge locomotive |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Theme clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **haul** | to-infinitive |  | quarried stones |  | mines in Öskjuhlíð and Þingholtum and other locations |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent stone=Theme from mine=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **quarry** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **sit** | present |  | other locations |  | the city limits | now | all *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent which=Theme inside limit=Location |
| 5 | **construct** | to-infinitive |  | the harbour and locomotive's quays and locomotive's defensive walls |  |  | century |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harbour=Result |
| 6 | **is** | present |  |  |  | display |  | by the harbour in the summer time | tree rules |

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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, «Reykjavík», 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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