--- title: Pitcher plants trap insects that slip down the waxy walls into the l… — Borneo: orangutans, proboscis monkeys, the bigge… · tree and pragmatics description: Pitcher plants trap insects that slip down the waxy walls into the liquid, where they are digested; one Borneo pitcher plant works as a toilet for tree shrews, which lick nectar from its lid and leave droppings the plant feeds on. 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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 (Pitcher plants, insects, one Borneo pitcher plant, tree shrews), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:161-borneo-orangutans-proboscis-monkeys-and-the-biggest-flower.lesson:8 # text = Pitcher plants trap insects that slip down the waxy walls into the liquid, where they are digested; one Borneo pitcher plant works as a toilet for tree shrews, which lick nectar from its lid and leave droppings the plant feeds on. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 161-borneo-orangutans-proboscis-monkeys-and-the-biggest-flower.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 ×2, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2 1 Pitcher pitcher NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 trap trap VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 insects insect NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 slip slip VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 down down ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 waxy waxy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 liquid liquid NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 18 advmod _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 digested digest VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 21 Borneo Borneo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 compound _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=22:compound|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 22 pitcher pitcher NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 plant plant NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 25 as as ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 toilet toilet NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 shrews shrew NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 lick lick VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 nectar nectar NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 lid lid NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 leave leave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 40 droppings dropping NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=43:det 42 plant plant NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=43:compound 43 feeds feed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=40:nmod|HaikuPos=NOUN:NNS:Number=Plur 44 on on ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=24:punct ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trap** | present | Pitcher plants | insects | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=Patient | | 2 | **slip down** | present | insects | the waxy walls | | the liquid | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent wall=Patient | | 3 | **digest** | present · passive | | plants *= plant* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **work** | present | one Borneo pitcher plant | | | | | as a toilet for tree shrews | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.attribute PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent as toilet=Attribute | | 5 | **lick** | present | tree shrews | nectar | | nectar's lid | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent nectar=Theme from lid=Source | | 6 | **leave** | present | tree shrews *not said here* | droppings | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dropping=Theme | | 7 | **feed on** | present | the plant | droppings *not said here* | | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dropping=Recipient | 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:161-borneo-orangutans-proboscis-monkeys-and-the-biggest-flower.lesson:8`. **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 ×2, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-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. 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