--- title: Jumping spiders build no catching web: they stalk and leap, their bi… — Animal builders: spiders' webs and silk · tree and pragmatics description: Jumping spiders build no catching web: they stalk and leap, their big front eyes work like telescopes, they see colours, and some plan a route round obstacles to reach their prey. Who acts: Jumping spiders, decorations, big front eyes, eyes. 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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 (Jumping spiders, decorations, big front eyes, eyes), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:244-animal-builders-spiders-webs-and-silk.lesson:14 # text = Jumping spiders build no catching web: they stalk and leap, their big front eyes work like telescopes, they see colours, and some plan a route round obstacles to reach their prey. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 244-animal-builders-spiders-webs-and-silk.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 Jumping jump VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 amod _ _ 2 spiders spider NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 build build VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 5 catching catching NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 web web NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 stalk stalk VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 leap leap VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 14 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=15:amod 15 front front ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=16:compound|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 16 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 17 work work VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 like like ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 telescopes telescope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 23 colours colour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 27 nsubj _ _ 27 plan plan VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 route route NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 round round ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 obstacles obstacle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 prey prey NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 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 | **jump** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **build** | present | Jumping spiders | no catching web | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset web=Product | | 3 | **stalk** | present | decorations *= decoration* | | | | | | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **leap** | present | decorations *= decoration* *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **work** | present | decorations's big front eyes | | | | | like telescopes | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **see** | present | eyes *= eye* | colours | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer colour=Stimulus | | 7 | **plan** | present | some | a route | | | | round obstacles | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent route=Topic | | 8 | **reach** | to-infinitive | some *not said here* | decorations's prey | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent prey=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:244-animal-builders-spiders-webs-and-silk.lesson:14`. **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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