--- title: Some magpies tried to remove a mark they could only see in a mirror,… — Animal minds: clever crows, ravens, jays and par… · tree and pragmatics description: Some magpies tried to remove a mark they could only see in a mirror, which suggests they recognise themselves, though the mirror test is argued about. Who acts: magpies, mirror. 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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 (magpies, mirror), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:233-animal-minds-clever-crows-ravens-jays-and-parrots.lesson:14 # text = Some magpies tried to remove a mark they could only see in a mirror, which suggests they recognise themselves, though the mirror test is argued about. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 233-animal-minds-clever-crows-ravens-jays-and-parrots.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 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 magpies magpie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 remove remove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 mark mark NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 only only ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl:relcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=5:advcl 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 suggests suggest VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 recognise recognise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 20 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 19 obj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 though though SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 argued argue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 28 about about ADP IN _ 27 obl _ _ 29 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | some magpies | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **remove** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | some magpies *not said here* | a mark | | | | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=Theme | | 3 | **see** | could | magpies *= magpie* | a mark *not said here* | | a mirror | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mark=Stimulus | | 4 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | present | a mirror | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **recognise** | present | magpies *= magpie* | magpies *= magpie* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer themselves=Stimulus | | 6 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present · passive | | the mirror test | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic | 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:233-animal-minds-clever-crows-ravens-jays-and-parrots.lesson:14`. **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. **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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