--- title: Ostrich chicks from several nests may be gathered into one big group… — Myth check: do ostriches bury their heads in the… · tree and pragmatics description: Ostrich chicks from several nests may be gathered into one big group looked after by a few adults, and chicks can run fast within days of hatching. Who acts: chicks. 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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 (chicks), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:151-ostriches-and-heads-in-the-sand.lesson:14 # text = Ostrich chicks from several nests may be gathered into one big group looked after by a few adults, and chicks can run fast within days of hatching. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 151-ostriches-and-heads-in-the-sand.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): R1-cc-next ×1 1 Ostrich ostrich NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 chicks chick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 nests nest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 11 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 group group NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 looked look VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 14 after after ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ Agree=R1-cc-next|Haiku=8:cc 21 chicks chick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 22 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 24 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 advmod _ _ 25 within within ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 hatching hatching NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gather** | may · passive | | Ostrich chicks from several nests | | | | into one big group | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient into group=Co-Patient | | 2 | **look** | participle | | one big group *not said here* | | | after a few adults | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **run** | can | chicks | | | | day | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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:151-ostriches-and-heads-in-the-sand.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): R1-cc-next ×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: [Myth check: do ostriches bury their he…, 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/151-ostriches-and-heads-in-the-sand/13/) - next →: [Myth check: do ostriches bury their he…, 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/151-ostriches-and-heads-in-the-sand/15/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/151-ostriches-and-heads-in-the-sand/)