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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 (fewer hundred), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:190-strange-discoveries-living-fossils-hidden-apes-and-animals-found-in-drawers.lesson:6 # text = The Wollemi pine, known only from fossils, was found in 1994 in a canyon near Sydney; fewer than a hundred grow in the wild, and their place is kept secret. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 190-strange-discoveries-living-fossils-hidden-apes-and-animals-found-in-drawers.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): no change 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Wollemi Wollemi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 pine pine NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 fossils fossil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 1994 1994 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 obl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 canyon canyon NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 near near ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Sydney Sydney PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 fewer few ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 23 amod _ _ 21 than than ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nsubj _ _ 24 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 wild wild NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 34 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 11 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 | **know** | participle | | the Wollemi pine *not said here* | | fossils | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **find** | past · passive | | the Wollemi pine | | 1994 | | in a canyon near Sydney | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 3 | **grow** | present | a fewer hundred | | | the wild | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wild=Location | | 4 | **keep** | present · passive | | scientists's place | | | | secret *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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:190-strange-discoveries-living-fossils-hidden-apes-and-animals-found-in-drawers.lesson:6`. **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): no change. **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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