--- title: Sue, found in South Dakota in 1990, is one of the most complete T. r… — Tyrannosaurus rex: what we really know, from tee… · tree and pragmatics description: Sue, found in South Dakota in 1990, is one of the most complete T. rex skeletons, with about 90 percent of the bones, a treasure because most dinosaurs are known only from a few bones; nobody knows whether Sue was male or female. Who acts: Sue, nobody. 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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 (Sue, nobody), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:265-tyrannosaurus-rex-teeth-dung-and-tiny-arms.lesson:13 # text = Sue, found in South Dakota in 1990, is one of the most complete T. rex skeletons, with about 90 percent of the bones, a treasure because most dinosaurs are known only from a few bones; nobody knows whether Sue was male or female. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 265-tyrannosaurus-rex-teeth-dung-and-tiny-arms.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): R8-pos-agree ×4 1 Sue Sue PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=1:acl|HaikuPos=VERB:VBD:Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 South South PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Dakota Dakota PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 1990 1990 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 14 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 15 advmod _ _ 15 complete complete ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 16 T. T. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=17:compound|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 17 rex rex NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 skeletons skeleton NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 about about ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 90 90 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 percent percent NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 30 because because SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 32 amod _ _ 32 dinosaurs dinosaur NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 33 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 advcl _ _ 35 only only ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 41 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 42 nsubj _ _ 42 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 43 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 Sue Sue PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 46 male male ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 ccomp _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=42:ccomp|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 47 or or CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 female female ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 conj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=46:conj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 49 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | participle | | Sue *not said here* | | South Dakota | | in 1990 | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | Sue | one | | | | of the complete rex skeletons and 90 percent of the bones and a treasure | tree rules | | 3 | **know** | present · passive | | most dinosaurs | | a few bones | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **know** | present | nobody | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | past | Sue | | | | | male *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | Sue *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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:265-tyrannosaurus-rex-teeth-dung-and-tiny-arms.lesson:13`. **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): R8-pos-agree ×4. **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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