--- title: A virus gets into a cell and makes the cell build copies of the viru… — The microscopic world: viruses and vaccines · tree and pragmatics description: A virus gets into a cell and makes the cell build copies of the virus; it cannot copy itself on its own, so scientists argue whether viruses are alive. Who acts: virus, scientists, viruses. 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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, scientists, viruses), 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:6 # text = A virus gets into a cell and makes the cell build copies of the virus; it cannot copy itself on its own, so scientists argue whether viruses are alive. # 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): R5-strong ×3, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 virus virus NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cell cell NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=12:det 10 cell cell NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=12:compound|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 12 copies copy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=8:obj 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 virus virus NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 copy copy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 21 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 20 obj _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 obl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=28:cc|HaikuPos=CCONJ:CC:_ 27 scientists scientist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 28 argue argue VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 29 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 viruses virus NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 31 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 ccomp _ _ 33 . . 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 | **get** | present | a virus | | | a cell | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into cell=Destination | | 2 | **make** | present | a virus *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **build** | infinitive | a virus *not said here* | copies of the virus | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset copy=Product | | 4 | **not** **copy** | can | virus | virus | | virus's own | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent itself=Theme on own=Destination | | 5 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present | scientists | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | present | viruses | | | | | alive *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **copy** | | | the virus | | | | | nom copy «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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:6`. **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 ×3, 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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