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title: One states that the name derives from Roman times, since there was a… — Budapest · tree and pragmatics
description: One states that the name derives from Roman times, since there was a local fortress (Contra-Aquincum) called by Ptolemy "Pession" ("Πέσσιον", iii.7. Who acts: One, name, local fortress. A sentence of Wikipedia's «Budapest» with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Budapest, sentence 42

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From Wikipedia, [«Budapest»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest), 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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One states that the name derives from Roman times, since there was a local fortress (Contra-Aquincum) called by Ptolemy "Pession" ("Πέσσιον", iii.7.

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**Who acts:** One, name, local fortress · **What happens:** state, derive, be, call · **To what, where:** local fortress · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Budapest». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (One, name, local fortress), 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:Budapest:42
# text = One states that the name derives from Roman times, since there was a local fortress (Contra-Aquincum) called by Ptolemy "Pession" ("Πέσσιον", iii.7.
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	states	state	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	derives	derive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	Roman	roman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	13	expl	_	_
13	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	fortress	fortress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
17	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	Contra	Contra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	Aquincum	Aquincum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	18	punct	_	_
22	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	acl	_	_
23	by	by	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	Ptolemy	Ptolemy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	xcomp	_	_
25	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	Pession	pession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	26	punct	_	_
28	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	Πέσσιον	Πέσσιον	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
33	iii.7	iii.7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	30	list	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | present | One |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **derive** | present | the name |  |  |  | time |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **be** | past | a local fortress |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **call** | participle |  | a local fortress *not said here* |  |  |  | Ptolemy and Pession *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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, «Budapest», 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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