--- title: In good conditions a bacterium can split in two every 20 minutes, so… — The microscopic world: bacteria, good and bad · tree and pragmatics description: In good conditions a bacterium can split in two every 20 minutes, so one can become millions in a few hours; a fridge slows bacteria down but does not kill them. Who acts: bacterium, one, fridge. 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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 (bacterium, one, fridge), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:257-the-microscopic-world-bacteria-good-and-bad.lesson:13 # text = In good conditions a bacterium can split in two every 20 minutes, so one can become millions in a few hours; a fridge slows bacteria down but does not kill them. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 257-the-microscopic-world-bacteria-good-and-bad.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 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 conditions condition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bacterium bacterium NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 split split VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=12:nummod 10 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 11 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 15 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 18 millions million NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 xcomp _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 fridge fridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 slows slow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 27 bacteria bacterium NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 28 down down ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 7 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 | **split** | can | a bacterium | two | | good conditions | minute | | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **become** | can | one | millions | | | hour | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **slow down** | present | a fridge | bacteria | | | | down *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bacterium=Patient | | 4 | **not** **kill** | present · do-support | a fridge *not said here* | Bacteria *= bacterium* | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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:257-the-microscopic-world-bacteria-good-and-bad.lesson:13`. **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. **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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