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title: This "supposition seems likely" as the Afghan historian Mir Ghulam M… — Kabul · tree and pragmatics
description: This "supposition seems likely" as the Afghan historian Mir Ghulam Mohammad Ghobar (1898–1978) wrote that in the Avesta (sacred book of Zoroastrianism), Kabul was known as Vaekereta, whereas the Greeks of antiquity referred to it as Ortospana ("High Place"), which corresponds to the Sanskrit word Ur
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# Kabul, sentence 34

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From Wikipedia, [«Kabul»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabul), 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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This "supposition seems likely" as the Afghan historian Mir Ghulam Mohammad Ghobar (1898–1978) wrote that in the Avesta (sacred book of Zoroastrianism), Kabul was known as Vaekereta, whereas the Greeks of antiquity referred to it as Ortospana ("High Place"), which corresponds to the Sanskrit word Urddhastana, which was applied to Kabul.

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**Who acts:** supposition, Afghan historian, High Place · **What happens:** seem, write, know, refer, correspond, apply · **To what, where:** Kabul, Avesta, antiquity, historian, Sanskrit word · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Kabul». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (supposition, Afghan historian, High Place), 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:Kabul:34
# text = This "supposition seems likely" as the Afghan historian Mir Ghulam Mohammad Ghobar (1898–1978) wrote that in the Avesta (sacred book of Zoroastrianism), Kabul was known as Vaekereta, whereas the Greeks of antiquity referred to it as Ortospana ("High Place"), which corresponds to the Sanskrit word Urddhastana, which was applied to Kabul.
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	supposition	supposition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	seems	seem	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Afghan	Afghan	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	historian	historian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
11	Mir	Mir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
12	Ghulam	Ghulam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	flat	_	_
13	Mohammad	Mohammad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	flat	_	_
14	Ghobar	Ghobar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	flat	_	_
15	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	1898	1898	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	list	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	–	–	SYM	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	18	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	1978	1978	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	16	punct	_	_
20	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
21	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	Avesta	Avesta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
25	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	appos	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	Zoroastrianism	Zoroastrianism	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
32	Kabul	Kabul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	nsubj:pass	_	_
33	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	aux:pass	_	_
34	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	ccomp	_	_
35	as	as	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	Vaekereta	Vaekereta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
38	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	Greeks	Greek	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	34	obl	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	antiquity	antiquity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	_
43	referred	refer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	42	acl	_	_
44	to	to	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	obl	_	_
46	as	as	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	Ortospana	Ortospana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
48	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	High	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	Place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
55	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	56	nsubj	_	_
56	corresponds	correspond	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	51	parataxis	_	_
57	to	to	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
59	Sanskrit	Sanskrit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	60	compound	_	_
60	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	_
61	Urddhastana	Urddhastana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	60	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	_
63	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	65	nsubj:pass	_	_
64	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	65	aux:pass	_	_
65	applied	apply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	60	acl	_	_
66	to	to	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
67	Kabul	Kabul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	65	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	47	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seem** *in a quote* | present | this supposition |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **write** | past | the Afghan historian |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **know** | past · passive |  | Kabul |  | the Avesta |  | as Vaekereta; whereas the Greeks of antiquity | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as vaekereta=Attribute |
| 4 | **refer** | participle |  | antiquity *not said here* | historian |  |  | as Ortospana | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to it=Co-Theme |
| 5 | **correspond** | present | High Place |  |  |  |  | to the Sanskrit word | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **apply** | past · passive |  | the Sanskrit word | Kabul |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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, «Kabul», 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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