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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 (Gazelles, fast antelopes, stiff legs, I), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals.lesson:13 # text = Gazelles are slim, fast antelopes of Africa and Asia that escape cheetahs and lions by running and dodging, and they sometimes bounce on stiff legs, called pronking or stotting, which may tell a hunter «I am fit, don't chase me». # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals.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 ×1 1 Gazelles gazelle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 slim slim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 fast fast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 antelopes antelope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 appos _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Africa Africa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 Asia Asia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=13:nsubj 12 escape escape VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 13 cheetahs cheetah NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 16 by by SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 advcl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 dodging dodge VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 conj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 24 advmod _ _ 24 bounce bounce VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 stiff stiff ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 30 pronking pronk NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 xcomp _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=29:xcomp|HaikuPos=VERB:VBG:VerbForm=Ger 31 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 stotting stott VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 conj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 35 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 « « PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 fit fit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 ccomp _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 do do AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 aux _ _ 45 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 chase chase VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 47 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 » » PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Gazelles | | | | | slim *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **escape** | present | fast antelopes of Africa and Asia | cheetahs and lions | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cheetah=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **run** | gerund | fast antelopes of Africa and Asia *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **dodge** | gerund | fast antelopes of Africa and Asia *not said here* | | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **bounce** | present | Gazelles *= gazelle* | | | stiff legs | | sometimes *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on leg=Trajectory | | 6 | **call** | participle | stiff legs *not said here* | pronking | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **stott** | gerund | stiff legs *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | may | | a hunter | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent hunter=Recipient | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | fit *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **not** **chase** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | me | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=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:139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals.lesson:13`. **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 ×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: [Peppa's friends as real animals: sheep…, 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals/12/) - next →: [Peppa's friends as real animals: sheep…, 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals/15/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/139-peppas-friends-as-real-animals/)