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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, Chinese erhu, modern concert bandura), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:arts:041-olympiad-music-puzzles.lesson:13 # text = The kora of West Africa has 21 strings, the Chinese erhu has 2 strings and is bowed, and a modern concert bandura from Ukraine has around 55 to 65 strings and is plucked. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = arts # lesson = 041-olympiad-music-puzzles.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 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 West West PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Africa Africa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 21 21 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 strings string NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 Chinese Chinese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 erhu erhu NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 14 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 strings string NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 bowed bow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 modern modern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 23 concert concert NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 bandura bandura NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Ukraine Ukraine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 28 around around ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 55 55 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 65 65 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 29 nmod _ _ 32 strings string NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 plucked pluck VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the kora of West Africa | 21 strings | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Patient | | 2 | **have** | present | the Chinese erhu | 2 strings | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Patient | | 3 | **bow** | present · passive | the Chinese erhu *not said here* | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V» | | 4 | **have** | present | a modern concert bandura from Ukraine | 55 strings | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Patient | | 5 | **pluck** | present · passive | a modern concert bandura from Ukraine *not said here* | | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative» | 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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