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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 (old nature films, 1958 film, real lemmings, good films), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:264-how-scientists-find-out-naturalists-darwin-the-microscope-and-wildlife-filming.lesson:15 # text = Some old nature films staged scenes, like a 1958 film that showed lemmings being pushed off a cliff, though real lemmings do not leap to their deaths; today good films tell you when a scene was filmed in a studio, a zoo or a special set. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 264-how-scientists-find-out-naturalists-darwin-the-microscope-and-wildlife-filming.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): R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×3 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 films film NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 staged stage VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 parataxis _ _ 6 scenes scene NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 1958 1958 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 film film NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 lemmings lemming NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 pushed push VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 xcomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=13:ccomp 17 off off ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 cliff cliff NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=16:obj 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 though though SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=26:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RB:_ 22 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 lemmings lemming NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 24 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 leap leap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 parataxis _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 deaths death NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 31 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl:unmarked _ _ 32 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 films film NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 34 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 scene scene NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 filmed film VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 ccomp _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 studio studio NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 zoo zoo NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 47 or or CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 special special ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 set set NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=34:punct ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stage** | past | some old nature films | scenes | | | | like a 1958 film | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scene=Theme | | 2 | **show** | past | a 1958 film | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **push off** | gerund · passive | | lemmings | | | | a cliff *obl* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **not** **leap** | present · do-support | real lemmings | | | lemmings's deaths | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to death=Destination | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | good films | | you | | today | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **film** | past · passive | | a scene | | a studio and a zoo or a special set | | | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in studio=Destination | | 7 | **die** | | lemmings *= lemming* | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent | 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:264-how-scientists-find-out-naturalists-darwin-the-microscope-and-wildlife-filming.lesson:15`. **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): R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×3. **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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