--- title: The English name of "Singapore" is an anglicisation of the native Ma… — Singapore · tree and pragmatics description: The English name of "Singapore" is an anglicisation of the native Malay name for the country, Singapura (siŋapura), which was in turn derived from the Sanskrit word for 'lion city' (सिंहपुर; romanised: Siṃhapura; Brahmi: 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀧𑀼𑀭; literally "lion city"; means 'lion', means 'city' or 'fortress'). 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The English name of "Singapore" is an anglicisation of the native Malay name for the country, Singapura (siŋapura), which was in turn derived from the Sanskrit word for 'lion city' (सिंहपुर; romanised: Siṃhapura; Brahmi: 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀧𑀼𑀭; literally "lion city"; means 'lion', means 'city' or 'fortress'). **Who acts:** English name, Singapura, lion · **What happens:** be, derive, romanis, mean, name · **To what, where:** anglicisation, turn, Sanskrit word, Siṃhapura, city, Singapore · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Singapore». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (English name, Singapura, lion), 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:Singapore:25 # text = The English name of "Singapore" is an anglicisation of the native Malay name for the country, Singapura (siŋapura), which was in turn derived from the Sanskrit word for 'lion city' (सिंहपुर; romanised: Siṃhapura; Brahmi: 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀧𑀼𑀭; literally "lion city"; means 'lion', means 'city' or 'fortress'). 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Singapore Singapore PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 anglicisation anglicisation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 native native ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 Malay Malay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 Singapura Singapura PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 21 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 siŋapura siŋapura NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 appos _ _ 29 derived derive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 Sanskrit Sanskrit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ 39 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 सिंहपुर सिंहपुर NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 42 romanised romanis VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 : : PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 44 Siṃhapura Siṃhapura PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 46 Brahmi Brahmi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 47 : : PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 48 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀧𑀼𑀭 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀧𑀼𑀭 NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 literally literally ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 51 " " PUNCT `` _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ _ 53 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 54 " " PUNCT '' _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 56 punct _ _ 56 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 57 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ', ', PUNCT '' _ 58 punct _ _ 60 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 ccomp _ _ 61 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 62 punct _ _ 64 or or CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 65 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 fortress fortress NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the English name of Singapore | a anglicisation and Brahmi 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀧𑀼𑀭 | | | | of the native Malay name for the country; Brahmi 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀧𑀼𑀭 *conj* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | Singapura | | | turn | | | tree rules | | 3 | **derive** | past | Singapura | a anglicisation and Brahmi 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀧𑀼𑀭 *not said here* | | the Sanskrit word for lion city and सिंहपुर | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent anglicisation=Result from word=Material | | 4 | **romanis** | participle | the English name of Singapore *not said here* | Siṃhapura | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **mean** | present | lion | city or fortress | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Topic | | 7 | **name** | | | Singapore | | | | | nom name «communication 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, «Singapore», 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Singapore/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Singapore/26/) - ↑ back to [Singapore](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Singapore/)