--- title: Real chimps cannot read, but they can learn many symbols to ask for… — The penguins of Madagascar: real penguins and ch… · tree and pragmatics description: Real chimps cannot read, but they can learn many symbols to ask for things, and wild chimps use sticks to fish for termites and stones to crack nuts. Who acts: Real chimps, chimps, wild chimps. 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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 (Real chimps, chimps, wild chimps), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps.lesson:15 # text = Real chimps cannot read, but they can learn many symbols to ask for things, and wild chimps use sticks to fish for termites and stones to crack nuts. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps.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): no change 1 Real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 chimps chimp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 11 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 symbols symbol NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 acl _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 chimps chimp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 21 use use VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 22 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 fish fish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 termites termite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 crack crack VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl _ _ 31 nuts nut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **read** | can | Real chimps | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **learn** | can | chimps *= chimp* | many symbols | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent symbol=Topic | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | chimps *= chimp* *not said here* | many symbols *not said here* | | | | for things | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **use** | present | wild chimps | sticks | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Patient | | 5 | **fish** | to-infinitive | wild chimps *not said here* | | | | | for termites and stones | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for termite=Theme | | 6 | **crack** | to-infinitive | wild chimps *not said here* | nuts | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location nut=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. 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