--- title: The frill was probably for showing off and recognising its own kind,… — Horns, frills, plates and clubs: Triceratops, St… · tree and pragmatics description: The frill was probably for showing off and recognising its own kind, with some protection; it changed shape as the animal grew, like a deer's antlers. Who acts: frill, elephant, animal. 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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 (frill, elephant, animal), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs.lesson:6 # text = The frill was probably for showing off and recognising its own kind, with some protection; it changed shape as the animal grew, like a deer's antlers. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs.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 ×2 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 frill frill NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=6:aux 4 probably probably ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 for for SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 showing show VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 off off ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 recognising recognise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 10 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 16 det _ _ 16 protection protection NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=6:conj 20 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 like like ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 deer deer NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 's 's PART POS _ 28 case _ _ 30 antlers antler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 31 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the frill | | | | | probably, show *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **recognise** | gerund | the frill *not said here* | elephant's own kind | | | | with some protection | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kind=Stimulus | | 3 | **change** | past | elephant | shape | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Patient | | 4 | **grow** | past | the animal | | | | | like a deer's antlers | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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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