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title: Thus, for example, a 1954 study observed that in 89 marriages contra… — Somaliland · tree and pragmatics
description: Thus, for example, a 1954 study observed that in 89 marriages contracted by men of the Dhulbahante clan, 55 (62%) were with women of Dhulbahante sub-clans other than those of their husbands; 30 (33.7%) were with women of surrounding clans of other clan families (Isaaq, 28; Hawiye, 3); and 3 (4.3%) w
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# Somaliland, sentence 468

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From Wikipedia, [«Somaliland»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somaliland), 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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Thus, for example, a 1954 study observed that in 89 marriages contracted by men of the Dhulbahante clan, 55 (62%) were with women of Dhulbahante sub-clans other than those of their husbands; 30 (33.7%) were with women of surrounding clans of other clan families (Isaaq, 28; Hawiye, 3); and 3 (4.3%) were with women of other clans of the Darod clan family (Majerteen 2, Ogaden 1).

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**Who acts:** 1954 study · **What happens:** observe, contract, be · **To what, where:** 30, 89 marriages

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Somaliland». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (1954 study), 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:Somaliland:468
# text = Thus, for example, a 1954 study observed that in 89 marriages contracted by men of the Dhulbahante clan, 55 (62%) were with women of Dhulbahante sub-clans other than those of their husbands; 30 (33.7%) were with women of surrounding clans of other clan families (Isaaq, 28; Hawiye, 3); and 3 (4.3%) were with women of other clans of the Darod clan family (Majerteen 2, Ogaden 1).
1	Thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	example	example	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	1954	1954	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	study	study	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	observed	observe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	89	89	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	marriages	marriage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	ccomp	_	_
14	contracted	contract	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	Dhulbahante	Dhulbahante	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	clan	clan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	55	55	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	29	nummod	_	_
23	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	62	62	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	25	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	%	%	SYM	NN	Number=Sing	22	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	25	punct	_	_
27	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	cop	_	_
28	with	with	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	Dhulbahante	Dhulbahante	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
32	sub-clans	sub-clan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	nmod	_	_
33	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
34	than	than	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	33	obl	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	husbands	husband	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	40	punct	_	_
40	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	obl	_	_
41	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	43	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	33.7	33.7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	43	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	%	%	SYM	NN	Number=Sing	40	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	43	punct	_	_
45	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	acl	_	_
46	with	with	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	obl	_	_
48	of	of	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	surrounding	surrounding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	compound	_	_
50	clans	clan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	nmod	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
52	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
53	clan	clan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	compound	_	_
54	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	nmod	_	_
55	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	56	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	Isaaq	Isaaq	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	54	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
58	28	28	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	56	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
60	Hawiye	Hawiye	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	56	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
62	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	56	list	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	56	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	73	punct	_	_
65	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	73	cc	_	_
66	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	73	nummod	_	_
67	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	69	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	4.3	4.3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	69	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	%	%	SYM	NN	Number=Sing	66	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	69	punct	_	_
71	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	73	cop	_	_
72	with	with	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
73	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
74	of	of	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
75	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	76	amod	_	_
76	clans	clan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	73	nmod	_	_
77	of	of	ADP	IN	_	81	case	_	_
78	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	81	det	_	_
79	Darod	Darod	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	81	compound	_	_
80	clan	clan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	81	compound	_	_
81	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	76	nmod	_	_
82	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	83	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
83	Majerteen	Majerteen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	81	appos	_	_
84	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	83	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
85	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	86	punct	_	_
86	Ogaden	Ogaden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	83	conj	_	_
87	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	86	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
88	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	83	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
89	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **observe** | past | a 1954 study | 30 |  |  |  | for example; 89 marriages and 55 women *ccomp*; thus *property* | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for example=Theme |
| 2 | **contract** | participle |  | 89 marriages and 55 women *not said here* |  |  |  | by men of the Dhulbahante clan | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | past | a 1954 study *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with 55 women; of Dhulbahante sub-clans | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** | past |  |  |  |  |  | with women of surrounding clans of other clan families | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | with 3 women; of other clans of the Darod clan family | 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, «Somaliland», 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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