--- title: A computer virus is named after real viruses because it copies itsel… — The microscopic world: viruses and vaccines · tree and pragmatics description: A computer virus is named after real viruses because it copies itself by getting into a host, a program instead of a cell. Who acts: virus. 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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 (virus), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines.lesson:16 # text = A computer virus is named after real viruses because it copies itself by getting into a host, a program instead of a cell. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines.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 ×1 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 computer computer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 virus virus NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 after after ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 viruses virus NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 because because SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 copies copy VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 12 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obj _ _ 13 by by SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 15 into into ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 program program NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=17:conj 21 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 24 case _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 21 fixed _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 cell cell NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 25 . . PUNCT . _ 5 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 | **name** | present · passive | | a computer virus | | | after real viruses | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **copy** | present | virus | virus | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Theme | | 3 | **get** | gerund | virus *not said here* | | | a host | | instead a cell | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into host=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:258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines.lesson:16`. **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): 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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