--- title: Tunis has some of the most important libraries in Tunisia including… — Tunis · tree and pragmatics description: Tunis has some of the most important libraries in Tunisia including the National Library of Tunisia which was first installed in 1924 in the Medina, in a building built in 1810 by Hammouda Bey to serve as barracks for troops and then a jail. Who acts: Tunis. 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Tunis has some of the most important libraries in Tunisia including the National Library of Tunisia which was first installed in 1924 in the Medina, in a building built in 1810 by Hammouda Bey to serve as barracks for troops and then a jail. **Who acts:** Tunis · **What happens:** have, include, install, build, serve · **To what, where:** some, important libraries, 1924, building This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Tunis». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tunis), 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:Tunis:413 # text = Tunis has some of the most important libraries in Tunisia including the National Library of Tunisia which was first installed in 1924 in the Medina, in a building built in 1810 by Hammouda Bey to serve as barracks for troops and then a jail. 1 Tunis Tunis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 important important ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 libraries library NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Tunisia Tunisia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 including include VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 National National ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 Library Library PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Tunisia Tunisia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 19 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 20 advmod _ _ 20 installed install VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl:relcl _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 1924 1924 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 20 obl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Medina Medina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 building building NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 30 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 1810 1810 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 30 obl _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Hammouda Hammouda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 Bey Bey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 flat _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 38 as as ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 barracks barrack NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 troops troops NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 39 nmod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 advmod _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 jail jail NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Tunis | some of the important libraries in Tunisia include the National Library of Tunisia | | | | a building *parataxis* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Patient | | 2 | **include** | gerund | | | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **install** | past · passive | | the important libraries in Tunisia include the National Library of Tunisia | | 1924 | | in the Medina; first *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in 1924=Destination | | 4 | **build** | participle | | a building *not said here* | | | | by Hammouda; in 1810 | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in 1810=Attribute | | 5 | **serve** | to-infinitive | | | | | | as barracks for troops and a jail | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as barrack=Attribute | 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, «Tunis», 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 412](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Tunis/412/) - next →: [sentence 414](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Tunis/414/) - ↑ back to [Tunis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Tunis/)