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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 (Cats, bendy backbone, falls), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice.lesson:15 # text = Cats have a twisting reflex, using their very bendy backbone, that turns them feet-down when falling, but falls can still hurt them badly. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice.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, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 Cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 twisting twist VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 amod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=5:compound|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 5 reflex reflex NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 using use VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 bendy bendy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 backbone backbone NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ _ 18 down down ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 20 falling fall VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 advcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=16:acl 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 falls fall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 24 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 still still ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ _ 29 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Cats | a twisting reflex | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reflex=Patient | | 2 | **twist** | gerund | | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **use** | gerund | Cats *not said here* | cats's bendy backbone | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent backbone=Patient | | 4 | **turn** | present | cats's bendy backbone | cats *= cat* | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: agent=Agent they=Theme foot=Result | | 5 | **fall** | gerund | cats's bendy backbone *not said here* | | | | | down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **hurt** | can | falls | cats *= cat* | | | still | badly *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Patient | 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:237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice.lesson:15`. **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, R7-rel-agree ×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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