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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 (you, tree, beaver), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:242-animal-builders-beavers-dams-and-lodges.lesson:1 # text = When you see a tree in the park chewed into a pencil point, a beaver has been working there, cutting wood to build a dam across a stream. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 242-animal-builders-beavers-dams-and-lodges.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 ×2, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=0:root 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 park park NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 chewed chew VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 pencil pencil NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 beaver beaver NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 17 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 aux _ _ 19 working work VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=9:advcl 20 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 cutting cut VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=19:conj 23 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 dam dam NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 across across ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 31 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=3:punct ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **chew** | past | a tree in the park | | | a pencil point | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **work** | present · perfect · progressive | a beaver | | | there | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **cut** | gerund | a beaver *not said here* | wood | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wood=Product | | 5 | **build** | to-infinitive | a beaver *not said here* | a dam | | a stream | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dam=Product | 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:242-animal-builders-beavers-dams-and-lodges.lesson:1`. **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 ×2, R6-punct-agree ×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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