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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 (Male bowerbirds, bower, some), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:243-animal-builders-termite-mounds-weaver-birds-and-other-nest-makers.lesson:12 # text = Male bowerbirds in Australia build a bower of sticks, which is not a nest but a stage to impress females, and some decorate it with blue flowers, berries and bottle tops. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 243-animal-builders-termite-mounds-weaver-birds-and-other-nest-makers.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 ×1, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 Male male ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 bowerbirds bowerbird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Australia Australia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 build build VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=0:root|HaikuPos=VERB:VB:Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bower bower NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 acl:relcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=7:appos 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 stage stage NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 impress impress VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl _ _ 21 females female NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 25 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=25:nsubj|HaikuPos=PRON:DT:PronType=Ind 25 decorate decorate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 berries berry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 tops top NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | present | Male bowerbirds in Australia | a bower of sticks | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bower=Product | | 2 | **not** **is a** | present | a bower of sticks | a nest but a stage | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **impress** | to-infinitive | a bower of sticks *not said here* | females | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus female=Experiencer | | 4 | **decorate** | present | some | nest | | | | with blue flowers and berries and bottle tops | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with flower=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:243-animal-builders-termite-mounds-weaver-birds-and-other-nest-makers.lesson:12`. **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 ×1, R8-pos-agree ×2. **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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