--- title: The saying that a pig can never look up is not true; its short, thic… — Peppa Pig: what real pigs are like · tree and pragmatics description: The saying that a pig can never look up is not true; its short, thick, muscly neck just makes it awkward, and pigs see fewer colours than we do and rely more on smell. Who acts: pig, saying, short thick muscly neck, pigs. 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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 (pig, saying, short thick muscly neck, pigs), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:138-peppa-pig-real-pigs.lesson:14 # text = The saying that a pig can never look up is not true; its short, thick, muscly neck just makes it awkward, and pigs see fewer colours than we do and rely more on smell. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 138-peppa-pig-real-pigs.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, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 saying saying NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 14 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 15 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=15:conj 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 muscly muscly ADJ JJ _ 20 amod _ _ 20 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 just just ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 awkward awkward ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 pigs pig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 28 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 29 fewer few ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 30 amod _ _ 30 colours colour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 31 than than SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 rely rely VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=28:conj|HaikuPos=VERB:VB:VerbForm=Inf 36 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 35 advmod _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=35:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RB:Degree=Cmp 37 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 smell smell NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 12 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** **look up** | can | a pig | the saying *not said here* | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme saying=Attribute | | 2 | **not** **is** | present | the saying | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | present | saying's short thick muscly neck | saying | | | | awkward *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | | 4 | **see** | present | pigs | fewer colours | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer colour=Stimulus | | 5 | **do** | present | we | fewer colours *not said here* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Eventuality | | 6 | **rely** | present | pigs *not said here* | | | | | on smell | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on smell=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:138-peppa-pig-real-pigs.lesson:14`. **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, R8-pos-agree ×2. **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: [Peppa Pig: what real pigs are like, 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/138-peppa-pig-real-pigs/13/) - next →: [Peppa Pig: what real pigs are like, 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/138-peppa-pig-real-pigs/15/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/138-peppa-pig-real-pigs/)