--- title: The walrus is a relative of seals and sea lions; it uses its two lon… — Sea lions, seals and otters · tree and pragmatics description: The walrus is a relative of seals and sea lions; it uses its two long tusks to haul itself onto the ice and to show strength, and finds clams with its whiskers; walruses are huge, need cold seas and eat lots of clams, so zoos hardly ever keep them. Who acts: walrus, walruses, zoos. 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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 (walrus, walruses, zoos), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters.lesson:17 # text = The walrus is a relative of seals and sea lions; it uses its two long tusks to haul itself onto the ice and to show strength, and finds clams with its whiskers; walruses are huge, need cold seas and eat lots of clams, so zoos hardly ever keep them. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters.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): R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 walrus walrus NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 relative relative NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 seals seal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 uses use VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 14 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 15 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 16 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 tusks tusk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 haul haul VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 20 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 19 obj _ _ 21 onto onto ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 27 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 finds find VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 31 clams clam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 whiskers whisker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 walruses walrus NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 37 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=38:parataxis 41 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 seas sea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=40:obj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=40:conj|HaikuPos=VERB:VB:VerbForm=Inf 45 lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 clams clam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 so so ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 50 zoos zoo NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nsubj _ _ 51 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 52 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 53 advmod _ _ 53 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 54 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 5 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 walrus | a relative | | | | of seals and sea lions | tree rules | | 2 | **use** | present | walrus | walrus's two long tusks | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tusk=Patient | | 3 | **haul** | to-infinitive | walrus *not said here* | walrus | | the ice | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Theme | | 4 | **show** | to-infinitive | walrus *not said here* | strength | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent strength=Recipient | | 5 | **find** | present | walrus *not said here* | clams | | | | with walrus's whiskers | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clam=Topic | | 6 | **is** | present | walruses | | | | | huge *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **need** | present | walruses *not said here* | cold seas | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sea=Theme | | 8 | **eat** | present | walruses *not said here* | lots of clams | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient | | 9 | **keep** | infinitive | zoos | lots *= lot* | | | ever | hardly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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. **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. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:biology:100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters.lesson:17`. **The tree:** Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×2. **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Sea lions, seals and otters, 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters/16/) - next →: [Sea lions, seals and otters, 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters/18/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters/)