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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 (Elephants, many experts, shows), 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:8 # text = Elephants can hold a paintbrush in their trunk, but painting elephants are trained and often guided by keepers, and many experts think the shows are for tourists. # 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): R7-rel-agree ×3 1 Elephants elephant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 paintbrush paintbrush NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 trunk trunk NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 painting painting NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=12:amod|HaikuPos=VERB:VBG:VerbForm=Ger 12 elephants elephant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 13 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=14:cop 14 trained train VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:parataxis|HaikuPos=ADJ:JJ:Degree=Pos 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 often often ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 guided guide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 keepers keeper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 experts expert NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 24 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 shows show NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 27 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 tourists tourist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 ccomp _ _ 30 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **hold** | can | Elephants | a paintbrush | | men's trunk | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent paintbrush=Theme in trunk=Location | | 2 | **train** | present · passive | | painting elephants | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **guide** | participle | | | | | | by keepers; often *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by keeper=Destination | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | present | many experts | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | present | the shows | | | | | for tourists | tree rules | 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:8`. **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): R7-rel-agree ×3. **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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