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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 (nucleus, long instruction book), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life.lesson:3 # text = Inside each cell's nucleus is DNA, a long instruction book that tells the cell what to do; stretched out, the DNA of one cell would be about two metres long, yet it is so thin and so tightly coiled that it fits into a space far smaller than a full stop. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life.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): R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2 1 Inside inside ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 3 cell cell NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 nucleus nucleus NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=7:obl 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 DNA DNA NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 instruction instruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 cell cell NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 iobj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=14:obj 17 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 obj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 stretched stretch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 22 out out ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 DNA DNA NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 cell cell NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 31 about about ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 metres metre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 34 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 conj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 so so ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 43 tightly tightly ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 coiled coiled ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 conj _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 fits fit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 48 into into ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 51 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 52 advmod _ _ 52 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 50 amod _ _ 53 than than ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 stop stop NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=21:punct ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | each cell's nucleus | DNA | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | a long instruction book | | the cell | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent cell=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a long instruction book *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 4 | **stretch out** | participle | | the DNA of one cell | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **is a** | would | | two metres | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | present | nucleus | | | | | thin *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | | nucleus *not said here* | | | | | tightly *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **fit** | present | nucleus | | | a space | | | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into space=Destination | 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:256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life.lesson:3`. **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): R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-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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