--- title: Iran's forests can be divided into five vegetation regions: the Hyrc… — Iran · tree and pragmatics description: Iran's forests can be divided into five vegetation regions: the Hyrcanian region which forms the green belt of the north side of Iran; the Turan region, which are mainly scattered in the center of Iran; the Zagros region, which mainly contains oak forests in the west; the Persian Gulf region, which --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Iran/269/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [wikipedia](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/) / [en](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/) / [Iran](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Iran/) / 269 # Iran, sentence 269 From Wikipedia, [«Iran»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran), 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. Iran's forests can be divided into five vegetation regions: the Hyrcanian region which forms the green belt of the north side of Iran; the Turan region, which are mainly scattered in the center of Iran; the Zagros region, which mainly contains oak forests in the west; the Persian Gulf region, which is scattered in the southern coastal belt; the Arasbarani region, which contains rare and unique species. **Who acts:** Hyrcanian region, Zagros region, Arasbarani region · **What happens:** divide, form, scatter, contain · **To what, where:** forests, five vegetation regions, green belt, Turan region, center, oak forests This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Iran». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Hyrcanian region, Zagros region, Arasbarani region), 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:Iran:269 # text = Iran's forests can be divided into five vegetation regions: the Hyrcanian region which forms the green belt of the north side of Iran; the Turan region, which are mainly scattered in the center of Iran; the Zagros region, which mainly contains oak forests in the west; the Persian Gulf region, which is scattered in the southern coastal belt; the Arasbarani region, which contains rare and unique species. 1 Iran Iran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 forests forest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 divided divide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 9 vegetation vegetation NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 regions region NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 Hyrcanian Hyrcanian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 region region NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 forms form VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 belt belt NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 north north ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Iran Iran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 Turan Turan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 region region NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 33 mainly mainly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 scattered scatter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl:relcl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 center center NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Iran Iran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 Zagros Zagros PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 region region NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 46 mainly mainly ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 contains contain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 48 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 forests forest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 west west NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ; ; PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 55 Persian Persian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 compound _ _ 56 Gulf Gulf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 compound _ _ 57 region region NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 59 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 61 nsubj:pass _ _ 60 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux:pass _ _ 61 scattered scatter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 57 acl:relcl _ _ 62 in in ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 64 southern southern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 65 coastal coastal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 belt belt NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ; ; PUNCT : _ 70 punct _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 69 Arasbarani Arasbarani PROPN NNP Number=Sing 70 compound _ _ 70 region region NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 72 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 73 nsubj _ _ 73 contains contain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 70 acl:relcl _ _ 74 rare rare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 77 amod _ _ 75 and and CCONJ CC _ 76 cc _ _ 76 unique unique ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 conj _ _ 77 species species NOUN NNS Number=Plur 73 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **divide** | can · passive | | Iran's forests | | five vegetation regions | | the Turan region the Zagros region the Gulf region the Arasbarani region *parataxis* | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **form** | present | the Hyrcanian region | the green belt of the north side of Iran | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location belt=Theme | | 3 | **scatter** | present · passive | | the Turan region the Zagros region the Gulf region the Arasbarani region | | the center of Iran | | mainly *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in center=Destination | | 4 | **contain** | present | the Zagros region the Gulf region the Arasbarani region | oak forests | | the west | | mainly *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent forest=Value in west=Location | | 5 | **scatter** | present · passive | | the Gulf region | | the southern coastal belt | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in belt=Destination | | 6 | **contain** | present | the Arasbarani region | rare species | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot species=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, «Iran», 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 268](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Iran/268/) - next →: [sentence 270](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Iran/270/) - ↑ back to [Iran](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Iran/)