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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 (alpha idea, zoo wolves, David), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together.lesson:6 # text = The alpha idea came from zoo wolves that were strangers to each other; David Mech, who made the word famous, spent years asking people to stop using it. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together.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): R2-punct-next ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 alpha alpha ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:compound|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 3 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 zoo zoo NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 strangers stranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 10 obl _ _ 13 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 fixed _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ Agree=R2-punct-next|Haiku=4:punct 15 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 16 Mech Mech PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 flat _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 spent spend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 25 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl:unmarked _ _ 26 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 xcomp _ _ 27 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 iobj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 30 using use VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 xcomp _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the alpha idea | | | zoo wolves | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from wolf=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **is a** | past | zoo wolves | strangers | | | | to each | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | past | David | the word | | | | famous *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Product | | 4 | **spend** | past | David | | | | year | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Goal | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | David *not said here* | | people | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent people=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | David *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **use** | gerund | David *not said here* | wolf | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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:240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together.lesson:6`. **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): R2-punct-next ×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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