--- title: The small intestine of an adult is about 6 metres long, though books… — The human body deeper: lungs, stomach and guts · tree and pragmatics description: The small intestine of an adult is about 6 metres long, though books give different lengths, and tiny finger-like bumps called villi soak food into the blood; the long, bumpy tube gives a huge surface for soaking up food. Who acts: small intestine, books, like bumps, villi. 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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 (small intestine, books, like bumps, villi), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:262-human-body-deeper-lungs-stomach-and-guts.lesson:14 # text = The small intestine of an adult is about 6 metres long, though books give different lengths, and tiny finger-like bumps called villi soak food into the blood; the long, bumpy tube gives a huge surface for soaking up food. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 262-human-body-deeper-lungs-stomach-and-guts.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): no change 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 intestine intestine NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 about about ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 metres metre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 11 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 though though SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 16 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 lengths length NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ _ 23 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 bumps bump NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 appos _ _ 25 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl _ _ 26 villi villus NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 xcomp _ _ 27 soak soak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 28 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 34 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 bumpy bumpy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 tube tube NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 for for SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 43 soaking soak VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 acl _ _ 44 up up ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 45 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the small intestine of a adult | 6 metres | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | present | books | different lengths and tiny finger | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent length=Theme | | 3 | **call** | participle | like bumps *not said here* | villi | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **soak** | present | villi *not said here* | food | | the blood | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent food=Theme | | 5 | **give** | present | the long bumpy tube | a huge surface | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surface=Theme | | 6 | **soak up** | gerund | a huge surface *not said here* | food | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent food=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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