--- title: Picture the Arctic in winter: under the snow, in a hidden world near… — Myth check: do lemmings jump off cliffs? · tree and pragmatics description: Picture the Arctic in winter: under the snow, in a hidden world near the ground, lemmings dig tunnels, build grass nests and even raise babies, while above them a snowy owl and an Arctic fox wait for one to pop up. Who acts: you, lemmings. 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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 (you, lemmings), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:150-myth-check-do-lemmings-jump-off-cliffs.lesson:4 # text = Picture the Arctic in winter: under the snow, in a hidden world near the ground, lemmings dig tunnels, build grass nests and even raise babies, while above them a snowy owl and an Arctic fox wait for one to pop up. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 150-myth-check-do-lemmings-jump-off-cliffs.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 ×3, R6-punct-agree ×1 1 Picture picture VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Arctic Arctic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 under under ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=1:obl 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 hidden hidden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 15 near near ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 lemmings lemming NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 20 dig dig VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 21 tunnels tunnel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=25:punct 23 build build VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 24 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 nests nest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 27 even even ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 raise raise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 29 babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 while while SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 32 above above ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 snowy snowy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 owl owl NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 38 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 Arctic arctic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=41:nsubj 41 wait wait VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 obl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 pop pop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=43:acl 46 up up ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **picture** | imperative | you *not said here* | the Arctic | | a hidden world near the ground | winter | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent arctic=Theme | | 2 | **dig** | present | lemmings | tunnels | | the snow | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent tunnel=Theme under snow=Location | | 3 | **build** | present | lemmings *not said here* | grass nests | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nest=Product | | 4 | **raise** | infinitive | lemmings *not said here* | babies | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme | | 5 | **wait** | present | you *not said here* | | | | | for one | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **pop up** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | 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. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:biology:150-myth-check-do-lemmings-jump-off-cliffs.lesson:4`. **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 ×3, R6-punct-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. 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