--- title: Ducks spread oil from a gland near the tail over their feathers when… — Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck: real rabbits, hares a… · tree and pragmatics description: Ducks spread oil from a gland near the tail over their feathers when they preen, so water rolls off, and dry down underneath traps warm air; thick spilled oil from a ship is different, as it clumps the feathers so water gets in, and an oiled duck gets cold and may sink. 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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 (jumps, water, oiled duck), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks.lesson:13 # text = Ducks spread oil from a gland near the tail over their feathers when they preen, so water rolls off, and dry down underneath traps warm air; thick spilled oil from a ship is different, as it clumps the feathers so water gets in, and an oiled duck gets cold and may sink. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks.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 ×3 1 Ducks duck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 spread spread VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 gland gland NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 near near ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 over over ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 preen preen VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 18 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 rolls roll VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 20 off off ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 dry dry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 24 down down ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=23:compound:prt|HaikuPos=ADP:RP:_ 25 underneath underneath ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 traps trap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 27 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 31 spilled spill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 amod _ _ 32 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=2:conj 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 clumps clump VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 44 so so ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 45 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 47 in in ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=46:compound:prt|HaikuPos=ADP:RP:_ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 50 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 oiled oil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 amod _ _ 52 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 53 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 parataxis _ _ 54 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 xcomp _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 56 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 sink sink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 conj _ _ 58 . . 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 | **spread** | present · passive | | Ducks | | a gland near the tail over jumps's feathers | | | tree rules | | 2 | **preen** | present | jumps *= jump* | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **roll off** | present | water | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **dry down** | infinitive | | | | | | underneath traps and warm air and thick spilled oil from a ship; down *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **spill** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | present | | | | | | different *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **clump** | present | water | the feathers | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location feather=Theme | | 8 | **get in** | present | water | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **oil** | participle | | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **get** | present | a oiled duck | | | | | cold *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **sink** | may | a oiled duck *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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