--- title: Keepers tell animals apart by marks, scars, shape and behaviour, whi… — Behind the scenes: a day with the keepers · tree and pragmatics description: Keepers tell animals apart by marks, scars, shape and behaviour, which helps them see who is ill, who is boss and who needs extra care, and some animals also have tiny microchips under the skin, like pet dogs. Who acts: Keepers, shape, boss, animals. 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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 (Keepers, shape, boss, animals), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers.lesson:10 # text = Keepers tell animals apart by marks, scars, shape and behaviour, which helps them see who is ill, who is boss and who needs extra care, and some animals also have tiny microchips under the skin, like pet dogs. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 109-behind-the-scenes-a-day-with-the-keepers.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): R3-conj-first ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 Keepers keeper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 apart apart ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 marks mark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 scars scar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 behaviour behaviour NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ Agree=R3-conj-first|Haiku=10:conj 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 ccomp _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 parataxis _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=24:acl:relcl 28 extra extra ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 33 det _ _ 33 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 34 also also ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 36 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 microchips microchip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 38 under under ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 like like ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | Keepers | | animals | | | by marks and scars and shape and behaviour; apart *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent animal=Recipient | | 2 | **help** | present | shape | keepers *= keeper* | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 3 | **see** | infinitive | keepers *= keeper* *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | present | | | | | | ill *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | present | | boss | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **need** | present | boss | extra care | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot care=Theme | | 7 | **have** | present | some animals | tiny microchips | | the skin | | like pet dogs | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent microchip=Patient | 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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