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title: The differences matter too: we walk upright all the time, our brain… — How close are apes to us? · tree and pragmatics
description: The differences matter too: we walk upright all the time, our brain is about three times bigger, we speak, and we lost most of our fur and learned to sweat, so we can walk and run for hours in the sun. Who acts: differences, we, brain. A sentence of the lesson «How close are apes to us?» of the biol
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# How close are apes to us?, sentence 3

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The differences matter too: we walk upright all the time, our brain is about three times bigger, we speak, and we lost most of our fur and learned to sweat, so we can walk and run for hours in the sun.

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**Who acts:** differences, we, brain · **What happens:** matter, walk, be, speak, lose, learn · **To what, where:** most, sun. · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the lesson «How close are apes to us?» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (differences, we, brain), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:biology:017-how-close-are-apes-to-us.lesson:3
# text = The differences matter too: we walk upright all the time, our brain is about three times bigger, we speak, and we lost most of our fur and learned to sweat, so we can walk and run for hours in the sun.
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = biology
# lesson = 017-how-close-are-apes-to-us.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, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=3:det
2	differences	difference	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:compound
3	matter	matter	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	walk	walk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
8	upright	upright	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=7:xcomp|HaikuPos=ADJ:JJ:Degree=Pos
9	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	11	det:predet	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=3:punct
13	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
16	about	about	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl:unmarked	_	_
19	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	parataxis	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	speak	speak	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	_	_
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
25	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
26	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	_	_
27	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	26	obj	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
30	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
32	learned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	conj	_	_
33	to	to	PART	TO	_	34	mark	_	_
34	sweat	sweat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	xcomp	_	_
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
36	so	so	ADV	RB	_	39	advmod	_	_
37	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
38	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
39	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	advcl	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
41	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	conj	_	_
42	for	for	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	obl	_	_
44	in	in	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	sun.	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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No stored speech act for this sentence.

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **matter** | present | the differences |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **walk** | present | we |  |  |  | time | upright *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | our brain |  |  |  | time | big *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **lose** | past | we | most of our fur |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Eventuality |
| 6 | **learn** | past | we *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 7 | **sweat** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **walk** | can | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **run** | infinitive | we *not said here* |  |  | the sun. | hour |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sun=Trajectory |

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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.

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**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, 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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