--- title: The district of the Paris region was renamed "Île-de-France" in 1977… — Paris · tree and pragmatics description: The district of the Paris region was renamed "Île-de-France" in 1977, but this abbreviated "Paris region" name is still commonly used today to describe the Île-de-France, and as a vague reference to the entire Paris agglomeration. Who acts: abbreviated name. 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The district of the Paris region was renamed "Île-de-France" in 1977, but this abbreviated "Paris region" name is still commonly used today to describe the Île-de-France, and as a vague reference to the entire Paris agglomeration. **Who acts:** abbreviated name · **What happens:** rename, abbreviate, be, use, describe · **To what, where:** district, 1977, Paris region, France This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Paris». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (abbreviated name), 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:Paris:236 # text = The district of the Paris region was renamed "Île-de-France" in 1977, but this abbreviated "Paris region" name is still commonly used today to describe the Île-de-France, and as a vague reference to the entire Paris agglomeration. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 district district NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 Paris Paris PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 region region NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 renamed rename VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Île Île PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 de de NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 1977 1977 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 20 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 21 abbreviated abbreviate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 amod _ _ 22 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Paris Paris PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 region region NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 " " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ 26 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 still still ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 commonly commonly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 30 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 31 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl:unmarked _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 describe describe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 35 Île Île PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 de de NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 as as ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 vague vague ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 reference reference NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 48 entire entire ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 49 Paris Paris PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 agglomeration agglomeration NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rename** | past · passive | | the district of the Paris region | | 1977 | | as a vague reference to the entire Paris agglomeration; France Île de *parataxis* | tree rules | | 2 | **abbreviate** | participle | | Paris region | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent region=Patient | | 3 | **is** | present | this abbreviated name | | | | still | commonly *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **use** | participle | | | | | today | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **describe** | to-infinitive | | the France Île de | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent france=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, «Paris», 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 235](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Paris/235/) - next →: [sentence 237](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Paris/237/) - ↑ back to [Paris](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Paris/)