--- title: A swarm is the old queen with about half the workers looking for a n… — Bees: the waggle dance, the hive and honey · tree and pragmatics description: A swarm is the old queen with about half the workers looking for a new home; scouts dance for places and the swarm picks the one with most supporters; a swarm hanging on a branch is usually calm, and a beekeeper can collect it. Who acts: swarm, workers, scouts, beekeeper. 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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 (swarm, workers, scouts, beekeeper), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:239-bees-the-waggle-dance-the-hive-and-honey.lesson:11 # text = A swarm is the old queen with about half the workers looking for a new home; scouts dance for places and the swarm picks the one with most supporters; a swarm hanging on a branch is usually calm, and a beekeeper can collect it. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 239-bees-the-waggle-dance-the-hive-and-honey.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 ×4 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 swarm swarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 about about ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 11 det:predet _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 workers worker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 12 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 acl _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 scouts scout NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=19:compound 19 dance dance VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=6:conj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 20 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=19:nmod 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 swarm swarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 picks pick VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 30 amod _ _ 30 supporters supporter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 swarm swarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 34 hanging hang VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 acl _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 usually usually ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 parataxis _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 beekeeper beekeeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 45 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 collect collect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=40:parataxis 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | a swarm | the old queen | | | | with half workers | tree rules | | 2 | **look** | gerund | half workers *not said here* | | | | | for a new home | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for home=Theme | | 3 | **dance** | present | scouts | | | | | for places | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **pick** | present | the swarm | the one | | | | with most supporters | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | | 5 | **hang** | gerund | a swarm *not said here* | | | a branch | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on branch=Location | | 6 | **is** | present | a swarm | | | | | calm, usually *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **collect** | can | a beekeeper | swarm | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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:239-bees-the-waggle-dance-the-hive-and-honey.lesson:11`. **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 ×4. **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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