--- title: Mice have four front teeth, the incisors, which keep growing all the… — How real mice survive: squeezing, climbing and h… · tree and pragmatics description: Mice have four front teeth, the incisors, which keep growing all their lives and are worn down by gnawing; mice can gnaw wood, plastic and even electric cables, which can cause fires; rats, squirrels, beavers and rabbits also have front teeth that never stop growing. 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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 (Mice, incisors, electric cables, rats), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:120-how-real-mice-survive.lesson:9 # text = Mice have four front teeth, the incisors, which keep growing all their lives and are worn down by gnawing; mice can gnaw wood, plastic and even electric cables, which can cause fires; rats, squirrels, beavers and rabbits also have front teeth that never stop growing. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 120-how-real-mice-survive.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 ×3, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 Mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 4 front front ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 incisors incisor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 appos _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=5:conj 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 growing grow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 xcomp _ _ 13 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 15 det:predet _ _ 14 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 worn wear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=12:conj 19 down down ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 by by SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 21 gnawing gnaw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 24 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 gnaw gnaw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 26 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 plastic plastic NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=25:obj 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 even even ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 electric electric ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 cables cable NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 35 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 fires fire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 rats rat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 squirrels squirrel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=37:conj 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 beavers beaver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 rabbits rabbit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ _ 46 also also ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 48 front front ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ _ 50 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 51 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 52 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ _ 53 growing grow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 52 xcomp _ _ 54 . . 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 | **have** | present | Mice | four front teeth | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient | | 2 | **keep** | present | the incisors | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **grow** | gerund | the incisors *not said here* | incisors's lives | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location life=Theme | | 4 | **wear down** | present · passive | the incisors *not said here* | | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative» | | 5 | **gnaw** | gerund | the incisors *not said here* | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **gnaw** | can | mice | wood and plastic and electric cables | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Patient | | 7 | **cause** | can | electric cables | fires and beavers and rabbits | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fire=Patient | | 8 | **have** | present | rats and squirrels | front teeth | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient | | 9 | **not** **stop** | present | front teeth | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 10 | **grow** | gerund | front teeth *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «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:120-how-real-mice-survive.lesson:9`. **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 ×3, R7-rel-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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [How real mice survive: squeezing, clim…, 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/120-how-real-mice-survive/8/) - next →: [How real mice survive: squeezing, clim…, 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/120-how-real-mice-survive/10/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/120-how-real-mice-survive/)