--- title: Some linguists (e.g. Nada Klaić, Miroslav Kravar) propose a metathes… — Zagreb · tree and pragmatics description: Some linguists (e.g. Nada Klaić, Miroslav Kravar) propose a metathesis of *Zabreg, which would originate from Old Slavic breg (see Proto-Slavic) in the sense of "riverbank", referring to River Sava. Who acts: linguists, metathesis. 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Some linguists (e.g. Nada Klaić, Miroslav Kravar) propose a metathesis of \*Zabreg, which would originate from Old Slavic breg (see Proto-Slavic) in the sense of "riverbank", referring to River Sava. **Who acts:** linguists, metathesis · **What happens:** propose, originate, see, refer, sense · **To what, where:** metathesis, Old Slavic breg, Proto, sense, River, riverbank This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Zagreb». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (linguists, metathesis), 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:Zagreb:24 # text = Some linguists (e.g. Nada Klaić, Miroslav Kravar) propose a metathesis of *Zabreg, which would originate from Old Slavic breg (see Proto-Slavic) in the sense of "riverbank", referring to River Sava. 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 linguists linguist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 3 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 e.g. e.g. ADV FW _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 Nada Nada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Klaić Klaić PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Miroslav Miroslav PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 9 Kravar Kravar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 6 punct _ _ 11 propose propose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 metathesis metathesis NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 * * PUNCT NFP _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Zabreg Zabreg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 originate originate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 parataxis _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 23 Slavic slavic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 breg breg NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 27 Proto Proto PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Slavic slavic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 list _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 27 punct _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 riverbank riverbank NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 " " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 referring refer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 River River PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 42 Sava Sava PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **propose** | present | some linguists Nada Klaić and Miroslav | a metathesis of Zabreg | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent metathesis=Theme | | 2 | **originate** | would | a metathesis of Zabreg | | | Old Slavic breg | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **see** | infinitive | a metathesis of Zabreg *not said here* | Proto | | the sense of riverbank | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer proto=Stimulus | | 4 | **refer** | gerund | a metathesis of Zabreg *not said here* | | River | | | | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to river=Co-Theme | | 5 | **sense** | | | riverbank | | | | | nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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, «Zagreb», 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Zagreb/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Zagreb/25/) - ↑ back to [Zagreb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Zagreb/)