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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 (Wood ants, domes, birds, ants), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:245-more-builders-caddis-cases-paper-wasps-moles-apes-beds-and-sand-circles.lesson:13 # text = Wood ants pile pine needles into domes that can be over a metre high, warmed by the sun and the rotting needles; birds sometimes sit on the nest and let the ants spray acid on their feathers, which may clean pests called parasites off them. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 245-more-builders-caddis-cases-paper-wasps-moles-apes-beds-and-sand-circles.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 ×2 1 Wood wood NOUN NN _ 2 compound _ _ 2 ants ant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 pile pile VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 pine pine NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 needles needle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 domes dome NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 9 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 11 over over ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 metre metre NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 14 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 acl:relcl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 warmed warm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 rotting rot VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 amod _ _ 23 needles needle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 25 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=27:conj 26 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 27 advmod _ _ 27 sit sit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:conj 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 let let VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 ants ant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 35 spray spray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 36 acid acid NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 42 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 clean clean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl:relcl _ _ 44 pests pest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 45 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 acl _ _ 46 parasites parasite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ _ 47 off off ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ _ 49 . . 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 | **pile** | present | Wood ants | pine needles | | domes | | | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent needle=Theme into dome=Destination | | 2 | **is** | can | domes | | | a metre | | high *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **warm** | participle | | domes *not said here* | | | | by the sun and the rotting needles | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **rot** | gerund | | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **sit** | present | birds | | | the nest | | sometimes *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on nest=Location | | 6 | **let** | present | birds *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **spray** | infinitive | the ants | acid | | ants's feathers | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent acid=Theme on feather=Destination | | 8 | **clean** | may | ants's feathers | pests | | | | off ants *= ant* | vn clear-10.3 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent pest=Theme off they=Source | | 9 | **call** | participle | pests *not said here* | parasites | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parasite=Recipient | 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. 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