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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 (Asian elephant, Happy, elephants), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:236-animal-minds-elephants-memory-feelings-and-the-mouse-myth.lesson:12 # text = An Asian elephant called Happy touched a mark on her head that she could only see in a big mirror, but some elephants do not pass the test. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 236-animal-minds-elephants-memory-feelings-and-the-mouse-myth.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 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Asian Asian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 Happy Happy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 xcomp _ _ 6 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 mark mark NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 obj _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 only only ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl:relcl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 24 det _ _ 24 elephants elephant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 25 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 . . PUNCT . _ 6 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 | **call** | participle | | a Asian elephant *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **touch** | past | a Asian elephant | a mark | | | | on Happy's head | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent mark=Experiencer on head=Theme | | 3 | **see** | could | Happy | a mark | | a big mirror | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 4 | **not** **pass** | present · do-support | some elephants | the test | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme test=Trajectory | 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:236-animal-minds-elephants-memory-feelings-and-the-mouse-myth.lesson:12`. **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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