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title: The toponym Sokhumi derives from the Georgian word Tskhomi/Tskhumi (… — Sukhumi · tree and pragmatics
description: The toponym Sokhumi derives from the Georgian word Tskhomi/Tskhumi (ცხომი/ცხუმი), which in turn is supposed to be derived from Svan tskhum (ცხუმ) meaning "hornbeam tree". Who acts: toponym. A sentence of Wikipedia's «Sukhumi» with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Sukhumi, sentence 16

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From Wikipedia, [«Sukhumi»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhumi), 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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The toponym Sokhumi derives from the Georgian word Tskhomi/Tskhumi (ცხომი/ცხუმი), which in turn is supposed to be derived from Svan tskhum (ცხუმ) meaning "hornbeam tree".

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**Who acts:** toponym · **What happens:** derive, suppose · **To what, where:** Georgian word, turn, Svan tskhum

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Sukhumi». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (toponym), 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:Sukhumi:16
# text = The toponym Sokhumi derives from the Georgian word Tskhomi/Tskhumi (ცხომი/ცხუმი), which in turn is supposed to be derived from Svan tskhum (ცხუმ) meaning "hornbeam tree".
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	toponym	toponym	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	Sokhumi	Sokhumi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
4	derives	derive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Georgian	georgian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	Tskhomi/Tskhumi	Tskhomi/Tskhumi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
10	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	ცხომი/ცხუმი	ცხომი/ცხუმი	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	turn	turn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	supposed	suppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	appos	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
20	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	aux:pass	_	_
21	derived	derive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	xcomp	_	_
22	from	from	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	Svan	Svan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	tskhum	tskhum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
25	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	ცხუმ	ცხუმ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	26	punct	_	_
28	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	_
29	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	hornbeam	hornbeam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	compound	_	_
31	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **derive** | present | the toponym |  |  | the Georgian word |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from word=Material |
| 2 | **suppose** | present · passive |  | the Georgian word |  | turn |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 3 | **derive** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  | Svan tskhum and meaning |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: from tskhum=Material |

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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, «Sukhumi», 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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