--- title: It is argued that, throughout all the various spellings of the city'… — Baghdad · tree and pragmatics description: It is argued that, throughout all the various spellings of the city's name, whether Baghdad [بغداد], Baghdadh [بغداذ], Baghdan [بغدان], Maghdad [مغداد], Maghdadh [مغداذ], or Maghdan [مغدان], the only phonetically definite segment of the name appears to be Aghda [ىَغْدَا], which could be equated with --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Baghdad/40/) [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/) / [Baghdad](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Baghdad/) / 40 # Baghdad, sentence 40 From Wikipedia, [«Baghdad»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad), 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. It is argued that, throughout all the various spellings of the city's name, whether Baghdad \[بغداد\], Baghdadh \[بغداذ\], Baghdan \[بغدان\], Maghdad \[مغداد\], Maghdadh \[مغداذ\], or Maghdan \[مغدان\], the only phonetically definite segment of the name appears to be Aghda \[ىَغْدَا\], which could be equated with the pronunciation of the name Agade. **Who acts:** Maghdan, city · **What happens:** argue, appear, be, equate, spell, name · **To what, where:** view, Aghda, name This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Baghdad». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Maghdan, city), 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:Baghdad:40 # text = It is argued that, throughout all the various spellings of the city's name, whether Baghdad [بغداد], Baghdadh [بغداذ], Baghdan [بغدان], Maghdad [مغداد], Maghdadh [مغداذ], or Maghdan [مغدان], the only phonetically definite segment of the name appears to be Aghda [ىَغْدَا], which could be equated with the pronunciation of the name Agade. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 argued argue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 spellings spelling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Baghdad Baghdad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 19 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 بغداد بغداد NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 Baghdadh Baghdadh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 24 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 بغداذ بغداذ NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 Baghdan Baghdan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 29 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 بغدان بغدان NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 Maghdad Maghdad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 34 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 مغداد مغداد NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 Maghdadh Maghdadh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 39 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 مغداذ مغداذ NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 43 or or CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 44 Maghdan Maghdan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 45 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 مغدان مغدان NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 50 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 51 phonetically phonetically ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 definite definite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 segment segment NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 appos _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 57 appears appear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl:relcl _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 59 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 60 cop _ _ 60 Aghda Aghda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 61 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ىَغْدَا ىَغْدَا NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 65 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 68 nsubj:pass _ _ 66 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 67 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 68 aux:pass _ _ 68 equated equate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 acl:relcl _ _ 69 with with ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 pronunciation pronunciation NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obl _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nmod _ _ 75 Agade Agade PROPN NNP Number=Sing 74 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present · passive | | view | | | throughout all various spellings of the city's name | whether Baghdad and Baghdadh and Baghdan and Maghdad and Maghdadh; that *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **appear** | present | Maghdan | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | Aghda | | | | ىَغْدَا *appos* | tree rules | | 4 | **equate** | could · passive | | Aghda | | | | with the pronunciation of the name | tree rules | | 5 | **spell** | | | the city's name | | | | | nom spelling «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **name** | | the city | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **pronounce** | | | the name | | | | | nom pronunciation «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, «Baghdad», 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Baghdad/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Baghdad/41/) - ↑ back to [Baghdad](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Baghdad/)