--- title: The kora is a West African instrument with 21 strings, made from a l… — Instruments of the world: bandura, erhu, sitar,… · tree and pragmatics description: The kora is a West African instrument with 21 strings, made from a large gourd covered in skin, often called a harp-lute, and traditionally played by griots, who keep history through song. Who acts: kora, griots. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (kora, griots), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:arts:010-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo.lesson:9 # text = The kora is a West African instrument with 21 strings, made from a large gourd covered in skin, often called a harp-lute, and traditionally played by griots, who keep history through song. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = arts # lesson = 010-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo.lesson # annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): no change 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 kora kora NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 West West PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 6 African African ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 instrument instrument NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 21 21 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 strings string NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 gourd gourd NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 often often ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 harp harp NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ _ 26 lute lute NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 xcomp _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 traditionally traditionally ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 played play VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 griots griot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 36 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 37 through through ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the kora | a West African instrument | | | | with 21 strings | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | participle | | 21 strings *not said here* | | a large gourd | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from gourd=Material | | 3 | **cover** | participle | | a large gourd *not said here* | | | | in skin | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in skin=Theme | | 4 | **call** | participle | | a harp lute | | | | often *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **play** | participle | | | | | | by griots; traditionally *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **keep** | present | griots | history | | song | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent history=Theme through song=Location | 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. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. 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