--- title: The main settlement of the eastern region, officially "Al Ain Region… — Abu Dhabi · tree and pragmatics description: 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. 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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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = wikipedia:Abu_Dhabi:81 # text = 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. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 main main ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 settlement settlement NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 eastern eastern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 region region NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 officially officially ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Al Al PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 12 Ain Ain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 Region Region PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 15 since since ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 decree decree NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 Sheikh Sheikh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 Khalifa Khalifa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 March March PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 2017 2017 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 22 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 26 Al Al PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 27 Ain Ain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 City City PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 nsubj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 western western ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 region region NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 officially officially ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 38 " " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 Al Al PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 40 Dhafra Dhafra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 flat _ _ 41 Region Region PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ 43 as as ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 per per ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 decree decree NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 49 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 50 Madinat Madinat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 51 Zayed Zayed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 50 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#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. - ← previous: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Abu_Dhabi/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Abu_Dhabi/82/) - ↑ back to [Abu Dhabi](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Abu_Dhabi/)