--- title: The most linguistically well-grounded and widely accepted is from th… — Moscow · tree and pragmatics description: The most linguistically well-grounded and widely accepted is from the Proto-Balto-Slavic root *mŭzg-/muzg- from the Proto-Indo-European meu- "wet", so the name Moskva might signify a river at a wetland or marsh. Who acts: name. 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The most linguistically well-grounded and widely accepted is from the Proto-Balto-Slavic root \*mŭzg-/muzg- from the Proto-Indo-European meu- "wet", so the name Moskva might signify a river at a wetland or marsh. **Who acts:** name · **What happens:** ground, accept, be, signify · **To what, where:** Proto Slavic root, river, wetland This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Moscow». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (name), 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:Moscow:21 # text = The most linguistically well-grounded and widely accepted is from the Proto-Balto-Slavic root *mŭzg-/muzg- from the Proto-Indo-European meu- "wet", so the name Moskva might signify a river at a wetland or marsh. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 2 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 3 advmod _ _ 3 linguistically linguistically ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 grounded ground VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 advcl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 widely widely ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 accepted accept VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 13 Proto Proto PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Balto Balto PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Slavic slavic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 19 * * PUNCT NFP _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 mŭzg mŭzg NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 /muzg /muzg NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ _ 24 from from SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 26 Proto Proto PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Indo Indo X AFX _ 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 European European ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 meu meu NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 35 " " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 40 Moskva Moskva PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 appos _ _ 41 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 signify signify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 at at ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 wetland wetland NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 48 or or CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 marsh marsh NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ground** | participle | | | | | | linguistically, well *property* | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **accept** | participle | | | | | | widely *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | the Proto Slavic root and mŭzg /muzg | | mŭzg /muzg *conj* | tree rules | | 4 | **signify** | might | the name | a river | | a wetland or marsh | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot river=Theme | 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, «Moscow», 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Moscow/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Moscow/22/) - ↑ back to [Moscow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Moscow/)