--- title: At the zoo the African savanna area is one big grassy paddock where… — The African savanna area: giraffes, zebras, rhin… · tree and pragmatics description: At the zoo the African savanna area is one big grassy paddock where giraffes, zebras and antelopes wander together, just as they share the plains of Africa, while the lions live next door behind a strong fence. Who acts: African savanna area, giraffes, lions. 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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 (African savanna area, giraffes, lions), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:101-the-african-savanna-area-giraffes-zebras-rhinos.lesson:0 # text = At the zoo the African savanna area is one big grassy paddock where giraffes, zebras and antelopes wander together, just as they share the plains of Africa, while the lions live next door behind a strong fence. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 101-the-african-savanna-area-giraffes-zebras-rhinos.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 ×4 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 zoo zoo NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 African African ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 savanna savanna NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 area area NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 10 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 grassy grassy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 paddock paddock NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 13 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 19 advmod _ _ 14 giraffes giraffe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 zebras zebras NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=14:appos 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 antelopes antelope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ _ 19 wander wander VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=12:conj 20 together together ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 just just ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 share share VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 plains plain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Africa Africa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 while while SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 34 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=25:conj 35 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=34:obj 37 behind behind ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 fence fence NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the African savanna area | one big grassy paddock | | the zoo | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wander** | present | giraffes and zebras and antelopes | | | | | together *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **share** | present | giraffes *= giraffe* | the plains of Africa | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **live** | present | the lions | next door | | a strong fence | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind fence=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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