Abu Dhabi, sentence 81
From Wikipedia, «Abu Dhabi», revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, CC BY-SA 4.0. The trees and pragmatics of these pages, Mova's parse of that text, are CC BY-SA 4.0 too.
The main settlement of the eastern region, officially "Al Ain Region" since a decree by Sheikh Khalifa in March 2017, is Al Ain City, and that of the western region, officially "Al Dhafra Region" as per the same decree, is Madinat Zayed.
Who acts: main settlement · What happens: be · To what, where: Al Ain City, City Madinat
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Abu Dhabi». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (main settlement), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 settlement | det |
| 2 | main | main | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 settlement | amod |
| 3 | settlement | settlement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 City | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 region | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 region | det |
| 6 | eastern | eastern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 region | amod |
| 7 | region | region | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 settlement | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 Region | punct |
| 9 | officially | officially | ADV | _ | 13 Region | advmod |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 Region | punct |
| 11 | Al | Al | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Region | compound |
| 12 | Ain | Ain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Region | compound |
| 13 | Region | Region | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 settlement | appos |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 Region | punct |
| 15 | since | since | ADP | _ | 17 decree | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 decree | det |
| 17 | decree | decree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 settlement | nmod |
| 18 | by | by | ADP | _ | 20 Khalifa | case |
| 19 | Sheikh | Sheikh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 Khalifa | compound |
| 20 | Khalifa | Khalifa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 settlement | nmod |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 March | case |
| 22 | March | March | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 Khalifa | nmod |
| 23 | 2017 | 2017 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 22 March | nmod:unmarked |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 settlement | punct |
| 25 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 City | cop |
| 26 | Al | Al | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 City | compound |
| 27 | Ain | Ain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 City | compound |
| 28 | City | City | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 Madinat | compound |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 region | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 region | cc |
| 31 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 35 region | nsubj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 region | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 region | det |
| 34 | western | western | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 region | amod |
| 35 | region | region | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 City | appos |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 Region | punct |
| 37 | officially | officially | ADV | _ | 41 Region | advmod |
| 38 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 41 Region | punct |
| 39 | Al | Al | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 Region | compound |
| 40 | Dhafra | Dhafra | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 Al | flat |
| 41 | Region | Region | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 region | parataxis |
| 42 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 41 Region | punct |
| 43 | as | as | ADP | _ | 47 decree | case |
| 44 | per | per | ADP | _ | 47 decree | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 decree | det |
| 46 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 decree | amod |
| 47 | decree | decree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 region | nmod |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 City | punct |
| 49 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 50 Madinat | cop |
| 50 | Madinat | Madinat | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 51 | Zayed | Zayed | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 Madinat | flat |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 50 Madinat | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the main settlement of the eastern region since a decree by Sheikh Khalifa in March 2017 | Al Ain City | the western region that Al Region as the same decree appos | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is a | present | City Madinat | tree rules |
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, «Abu Dhabi», 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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