--- title: Budapest opened the first underground transit line on the European c… — Budapest · tree and pragmatics description: Budapest opened the first underground transit line on the European continent in 1896, which is still in use as M1 Millennium Underground, and today the fixed-track metro and tram network forms the backbone of Budapest's public transport system and transports 2.2 million people daily, making it a sig --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Budapest/8/) [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/) / [Budapest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Budapest/) / 8 # Budapest, sentence 8 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. Budapest opened the first underground transit line on the European continent in 1896, which is still in use as M1 Millennium Underground, and today the fixed-track metro and tram network forms the backbone of Budapest's public transport system and transports 2.2 million people daily, making it a significant urban transit system. **Who acts:** Budapest, fixed track metro · **What happens:** open, be, fix, form, transport, make · **To what, where:** first underground transit line, European continent, use, backbone, million people 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 (Budapest, fixed track metro), 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:Budapest:8 # text = Budapest opened the first underground transit line on the European continent in 1896, which is still in use as M1 Millennium Underground, and today the fixed-track metro and tram network forms the backbone of Budapest's public transport system and transports 2.2 million people daily, making it a significant urban transit system. 1 Budapest Budapest PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 amod _ _ 5 underground underground ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 transit transit NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 European European ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 continent continent NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 1896 1896 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 still still ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 20 as as ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 M1 M1 PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 Millennium Millennium PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 Underground underground ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 26 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl:unmarked _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 28 fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 track track NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 metro metro NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 tram tram NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 network network NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 35 forms form VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 backbone backbone NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 39 Budapest Budapest PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 's 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 42 transport transport NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 system system NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 transports transport VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 46 2.2 2.2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 47 compound _ _ 47 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nummod _ _ 48 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ _ 49 daily daily ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 54 significant significant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 55 urban urban ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 56 transit transit NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 compound _ _ 57 system system NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | past | Budapest | the first underground transit line | | the European continent | | in 1896 and use | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent line=Theme on continent=Location | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | use | still | as M1 Millennium; which *nsubj*; underground *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **fix** | participle | | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **form** | present | the fixed track metro and tram network | the backbone of Budapest's public transport system | | | today | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location backbone=Theme | | 5 | **transport** | present | the fixed track metro and tram network *not said here* | million people | | | | daily *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer | | 6 | **make** | gerund | the fixed track metro and tram network *not said here* | backbone | | | | a significant urban transit system *obj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset it=Beneficiary system=Product | 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, «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. - ← previous: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Budapest/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Budapest/9/) - ↑ back to [Budapest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Budapest/)