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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 (Many lizards, tail, muscles, new tail), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards.lesson:13 # text = Many lizards drop their tails when grabbed: the tail breaks at weak points and muscles close the blood vessels, so little blood is lost; the tail wriggles to keep the predator busy, and the new tail grows with a rod of cartilage instead of bone. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards.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 1 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 lizards lizard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 drop drop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 7 grabbed grab VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 breaks break VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 points point NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 muscles muscle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 17 close close VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 vessels vessel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 23 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=30:det 29 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 wriggles wriggle VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 predator predator NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 rod rod NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 cartilage cartilage NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 47 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 49 case _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 47 fixed _ _ 49 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 50 . . 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 | **drop** | present | Many lizards | legs's tails | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme | | 2 | **grab** | participle | Many lizards *not said here* | | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **break** | present | tail | | | weak points | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at point=Location | | 4 | **close** | present | muscles | the blood vessels | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vessel=Patient | | 5 | **lose** | present · passive | | little blood | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **wriggle** | present | the tail | | | | | | vn body\_internal\_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **keep** | to-infinitive | the tail *not said here* | the predator | | | | busy *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent predator=Theme | | 8 | **grow** | present | the new tail | | | | | with a rod of cartilage; instead bone | 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. 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