--- title: The left half of the brain controls the right side of the body and t… — The human body deeper: the brain and nerves · tree and pragmatics description: The left half of the brain controls the right side of the body and the right half controls the left, because nerves cross over in the brainstem, the stalk that joins the brain to the spinal cord. Who acts: left half, right half, nerves, stalk. 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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 (left half, right half, nerves, stalk), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:260-human-body-deeper-the-brain-and-nerves.lesson:10 # text = The left half of the brain controls the right side of the body and the right half controls the left, because nerves cross over in the brainstem, the stalk that joins the brain to the spinal cord. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 260-human-body-deeper-the-brain-and-nerves.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 ×2 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 7 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 controls control VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=3:nmod 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 18 nsubj _ _ 18 controls control VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 left left NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 because because SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 nerves nerve NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 24 cross cross VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=7:advcl 25 over over ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 brainstem brainstem NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 stalk stalk NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 joins join VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 spinal spinal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 cord cord NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **control** | present | the left half of the brain | the right side of the body | | | | | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Theme | | 2 | **control** | present | the right half | the left | | | | | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent left=Theme | | 3 | **cross over** | present | nerves | | | the brainstem | | over *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **join** | present | the stalk | the brain | | | | to the spinal cord | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent brain=Patient to cord=Co-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. 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