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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 (fence, you, kangaroos, keepers), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:103-the-australian-walkabout-kangaroos-emus-wallabies-dingoes.lesson:0 # text = In the Australian walkabout there is no fence between you and the animals: you walk along a path while kangaroos doze in the shade a few steps away, and the keepers only ask you to stay on the path and let the animals be. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 103-the-australian-walkabout-kangaroos-emus-wallabies-dingoes.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): R5-strong ×1, R6-punct-agree ×1 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Australian Australian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 walkabout walkabout NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 6 expl _ _ 6 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 fence fence NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 9 between between ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 14 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 walk walk VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 17 along along ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 while while SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 kangaroos kangaroo NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 22 doze doze VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 shade shade NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl:unmarked _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=22:obl:unmarked 29 away away ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=33:punct 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 keepers keeper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 34 only only ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 46 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 47 . . 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 | **be** | present | no fence between you | | | the Australian walkabout; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in walkabout=Location | | 2 | **walk** | present | you | | | a path | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along path=Trajectory | | 3 | **doze** | present | kangaroos | | | the shade | | away *property* | vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | the keepers | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the keepers *not said here* | | | the path | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on path=Location | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | the keepers *not said here* | the animals | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | infinitive | the animals *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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:103-the-australian-walkabout-kangaroos-emus-wallabies-dingoes.lesson:0`. **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): R5-strong ×1, R6-punct-agree ×1. **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. 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