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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 (Galápagos, animals), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:180-the-galapagos-giant-tortoises-sea-iguanas-darwins-finches-and-tame-sea-lions.lesson:0 # text = The Galápagos are volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean on the equator, far from the coast of South America, and the animals that reached them long ago slowly changed to fit each island. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 180-the-galapagos-giant-tortoises-sea-iguanas-darwins-finches-and-tame-sea-lions.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, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=5:det 2 Galápagos Galápagos PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=5:nsubj|HaikuPos=PROPN:NNP:Number=Sing 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 volcanic volcanic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 Pacific Pacific PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 Ocean Ocean PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 equator equator NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 coast coast NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 South South PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 America America PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 29 ago ago ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=31:advmod 30 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 fit fit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 34 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 35 det _ _ 35 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 5 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 Galápagos | volcanic islands and the animals | | the Pacific Ocean | | on the equator | tree rules | | 2 | **reach** | past | the animals | Galápagos | | | | ago *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **change** | past | the animals *not said here* | | | | | slowly *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **fit** | to-infinitive | the animals *not said here* | each island | | | | | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent island=Patient | 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. 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