--- title: The Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia are under the Ministry of Defence a… — Saudi Arabia · tree and pragmatics description: The Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia are under the Ministry of Defence and consist of the Royal Saudi Land Forces (including the Royal Guard), the Air Force, the Navy, the Air Defence, and the Strategic Missile Force; the Saudi Arabian National Guard, which is under the Ministry of National Guard, is ma --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Saudi_Arabia/327/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [wikipedia](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/) / [en](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/) / [Saudi Arabia](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Saudi_Arabia/) / 327 # Saudi Arabia, sentence 327 From Wikipedia, [«Saudi Arabia»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia), 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. The Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia are under the Ministry of Defence and consist of the Royal Saudi Land Forces (including the Royal Guard), the Air Force, the Navy, the Air Defence, and the Strategic Missile Force; the Saudi Arabian National Guard, which is under the Ministry of National Guard, is made up of tribal forces loyal to the Saudi royal family and plays a role in both domestic security and foreign defence. **Who acts:** Armed Forces, Saudi Arabian National Guard · **What happens:** be, include, make up, play · **To what, where:** Ministry, Saudi Arabian National Guard, role, domestic security This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Saudi Arabia». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Armed Forces, Saudi Arabian National Guard), 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:Saudi_Arabia:327 # text = The Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia are under the Ministry of Defence and consist of the Royal Saudi Land Forces (including the Royal Guard), the Air Force, the Navy, the Air Defence, and the Strategic Missile Force; the Saudi Arabian National Guard, which is under the Ministry of National Guard, is made up of tribal forces loyal to the Saudi royal family and plays a role in both domestic security and foreign defence. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Armed armed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Forces force NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 Saudi Saudi ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 Arabia Arabia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 8 under under ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Ministry Ministry PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Defence Defence PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 consist consist VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 17 Royal Royal ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 Saudi Saudi PROPN NNP _ 20 compound _ _ 19 Land Land PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 Forces Force PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 21 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 including include VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 Royal Royal ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 Guard Guard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 Air Air PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 Force Force PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Navy Navy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 Air Air PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 Defence Defence PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 Strategic Strategic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 42 Missile Missile PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 Force Force PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 46 Saudi Saudi ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 47 Arabian Arabian ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 48 National National ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 Guard Guard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 55 nsubj _ _ 52 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 53 under under ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 Ministry Ministry PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 conj _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 National National ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 Guard Guard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 60 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux:pass _ _ 61 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 parataxis _ _ 62 up up ADP RP _ 61 compound:prt _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 tribal tribal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 forces force NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 obl _ _ 66 loyal loyal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 67 to to ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 69 Saudi Saudi PROPN NNP _ 71 compound _ _ 70 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 73 plays play VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 conj _ _ 74 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 role role NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obj _ _ 76 in in ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 77 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 79 det _ _ 78 domestic domestic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 79 amod _ _ 79 security security NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obl _ _ 80 and and CCONJ CC _ 82 cc _ _ 81 foreign foreign ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 82 amod _ _ 82 defence defence NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia | | | | | the Strategic Missile Force *obl*; the Ministry of Defence *nsubj*; the Saudi Land Forces *obj*; consist *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **include** | gerund | | | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | the Saudi Arabian National Guard and the Ministry | | | the Ministry | | of National Guard | tree rules | | 4 | **make up** | present · passive | | the Saudi Arabian National Guard and the Ministry | | | | of tribal forces | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot | | 5 | **play** | present | | a role | | both domestic security and foreign defence | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent role=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, «Saudi Arabia», 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 326](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Saudi_Arabia/326/) - next →: [sentence 328](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Saudi_Arabia/328/) - ↑ back to [Saudi Arabia](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Saudi_Arabia/)