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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 (potato, eyes, buds, green parts), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:250-plants-deeper-roots-and-how-they-drink-hold-and-push.lesson:14 # text = A potato is not a root but a swollen underground stem called a tuber, its eyes are buds that grow new shoots, and green parts of a potato are poisonous and should not be eaten. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 250-plants-deeper-roots-and-how-they-drink-hold-and-push.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, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 potato potato NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 swollen swollen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=11:amod|HaikuPos=VERB:VBN:Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 underground underground ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 stem stem NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=12:nsubj 12 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 tuber tuber NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 xcomp _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 18 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 buds bud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=6:conj 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 shoots shoot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 26 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 potato potato NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 poisonous poisonous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | present | a potato | a root and a swollen underground stem | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **call** | past | a potato *not said here* | a tuber | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | present | root's eyes | buds | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **grow** | present | buds | new shoots | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location shoot=Theme | | 5 | **is** | present | green parts of a potato | | | | | poisonous *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **eat** | should · passive | green parts of a potato *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V» | 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:250-plants-deeper-roots-and-how-they-drink-hold-and-push.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, R8-pos-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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