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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 (blue whale, biggest animal, heart, calls), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:171-the-southern-ocean-blue-whales-colossal-squid-and-life-under-the-ice.lesson:4 # text = The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever lived, bigger than any dinosaur; its heart is about the size of a bumper car at a fair, and its calls can travel hundreds of kilometres, but its throat is far too narrow to swallow anything as big as a person. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 171-the-southern-ocean-blue-whales-colossal-squid-and-life-under-the-ice.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): R7-rel-agree ×2 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 biggest big ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 9 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 11 advmod _ _ 11 lived live VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 14 than than ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 16 det _ _ 16 dinosaur dinosaur NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 18 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 21 about about ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=23:case|HaikuPos=ADP:IN:_ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 bumper bumper NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 fair fair NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 calls call NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 35 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 travel travel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 37 hundreds hundred NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 kilometres kilometre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 42 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 throat throat NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 45 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 47 advmod _ _ 46 too too ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 narrow narrow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 swallow swallow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=47:xcomp 50 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 49 obj _ _ 51 as as ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 53 as as ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 7 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 | **is a** | present | the blue whale | the biggest animal | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **live** | present · perfect | the biggest animal | | | | ever | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | present | whale's heart | the size | | | | of a bumper car at a fair; about *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **travel** | can | whale's calls | hundreds of kilometres | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hundred=Trajectory | | 5 | **is** | present | whale's throat | | | | | far, narrow *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **swallow** | to-infinitive | whale's throat *not said here* | anything | | | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient | | 7 | **call** | | whale | | | | | | nom call «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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:171-the-southern-ocean-blue-whales-colossal-squid-and-life-under-the-ice.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): 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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