--- title: The stethoscope was invented in 1816 by René Laennec, who first used… — The human body deeper: the heart and blood in am… · tree and pragmatics description: The stethoscope was invented in 1816 by René Laennec, who first used a rolled-up tube of paper to listen to a heart; before that, doctors put an ear straight onto the patient's chest. Who acts: René, doctors. 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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 (René, doctors), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood.lesson:15 # text = The stethoscope was invented in 1816 by René Laennec, who first used a rolled-up tube of paper to listen to a heart; before that, doctors put an ear straight onto the patient's chest. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 261-human-body-deeper-heart-and-blood.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 2 det _ _ 2 stethoscope stethoscope NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 invented invent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 1816 1816 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 obl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 René René PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl:agent _ _ 9 Laennec Laennec PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 12 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 13 advmod _ _ 13 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 15 rolled roll VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 amod _ _ 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ _ 17 up up ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 compound _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=18:amod 18 tube tube NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=18:acl 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 before before ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 obl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 doctors doctor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 31 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 32 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 straight straight ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 35 onto onto ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 patient patient NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 's 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **invent** | past · passive | René | the stethoscope | | 1816 | | | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result | | 2 | **use** | past | René | a rolled tube of paper | | | | first *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tube=Patient | | 3 | **roll** | participle | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **listen** | to-infinitive | René *not said here* | | | | | to a heart | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to heart=Theme | | 5 | **put** | past | doctors | a ear | | the patient's chest | before that | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ear=Theme before that=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. 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