--- title: In the films, raptors are as tall as a man, scaly, and clever enough… — Raptors: the real Velociraptor, claws, feathers… · tree and pragmatics description: In the films, raptors are as tall as a man, scaly, and clever enough to open doors, but the real Velociraptor was about the size of a turkey and covered in feathers. Who acts: raptors, real Velociraptor. 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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 (raptors, real Velociraptor), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor.lesson:0 # text = In the films, raptors are as tall as a man, scaly, and clever enough to open doors, but the real Velociraptor was about the size of a turkey and covered in feathers. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor.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 ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 films film NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 raptors raptor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 as as ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 scaly scaly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 17 enough enough ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 20 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 Velociraptor velociraptor NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 27 about about ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=29:case|HaikuPos=ADP:IN:_ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 turkey turkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 covered cover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=8:conj|HaikuPos=VERB:VBN:Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 8 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** | present | raptors | | | the films | | as a man; tall *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | raptors *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | raptors *not said here* | | | | | enough *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **open** | to-infinitive | raptors *not said here* | doors | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | past | the real Velociraptor | the size | | | | of a turkey; about *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **cover** | past | the real Velociraptor *not said here* | | | | | in feathers | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in feather=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. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:biology:268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor.lesson:0`. **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): R5-strong ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1. **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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Horns, frills, plates and clubs: Trice…, 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs/15/) - next →: [Raptors: the real Velociraptor, claws,…, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor/1/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor/)