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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 (island, animals), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:181-strange-islands-komodo-dragons-the-dodo-red-crabs-kakapos-giants-and-dwarfs.lesson:0 # text = An island is like a small world cut off by the sea: only the animals that can fly, swim or float there arrive, and then they change on their own for thousands of years. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 181-strange-islands-komodo-dragons-the-dodo-red-crabs-kakapos-giants-and-dwarfs.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): R3-conj-first ×1 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 off off ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 14 only only ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 22 or or CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 float float VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ Agree=R3-conj-first|Haiku=21:conj 24 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 25 arrive arrive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 change change VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 obl _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 thousands thousand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a island | | | | | like a small world | tree rules | | 2 | **cut off** | participle | | a small world *not said here* | | | | by the sea | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **fly** | can | the animals | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **swim** | infinitive | the animals *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **float** | infinitive | the animals *not said here* | | | there | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **arrive** | infinitive | the animals | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **change** | present | animals *= animal* | | | animals's own | then | for thousands of years | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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. 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