--- title: The eye sees, but the brain guesses what it is seeing and can be foo… — The human body deeper: the brain and nerves · tree and pragmatics description: The eye sees, but the brain guesses what it is seeing and can be fooled, as in optical illusions; it even fills in the blind spot where the nerve leaves each eye. Who acts: eye, brain, nerve. 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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 (eye, brain, nerve), 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:13 # text = The eye sees, but the brain guesses what it is seeing and can be fooled, as in optical illusions; it even fills in the blind spot where the nerve leaves each eye. # 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): R7-rel-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 guesses guess VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 obj _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 fooled fool VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 as as ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 optical optical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 illusions illusion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 even even ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 fills fill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:conj 26 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 33 advmod _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 nerve nerve NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 leaves leave VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 34 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 35 det _ _ 35 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 . . 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 | **see** | present | the eye | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **guess** | present | the brain | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **see** | present · progressive | brain | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 4 | **fool** | can · passive | brain *not said here* | | | | | as optical illusions | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP» | | 5 | **fill** | present | brain | | | the blind spot | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **leave** | present | the nerve | each eye | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=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. 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