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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 (Toy boxes, scientists, dinosaur), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:270-not-dinosaurs-pterosaurs-plesiosaurs-mosasaurs-mary-anning.lesson:0 # text = Toy boxes and cartoons call every big old reptile a dinosaur, but scientists have a rule: a dinosaur stood with its legs straight under its body, not sprawled out to the side like a lizard's. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 270-not-dinosaurs-pterosaurs-plesiosaurs-mosasaurs-mary-anning.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 Toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 boxes box NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 cartoons cartoon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 5 call call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 7 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 reptile reptile NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 dinosaur dinosaur NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 xcomp _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 scientists scientist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 dinosaur dinosaur NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 21 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 25 straight straight ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 26 under under ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 sprawled sprawl VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl _ _ 32 out out ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 like like ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 lizard lizard NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 39 's 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | present | Toy boxes and cartoons | every big old reptile | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent reptile=Recipient | | 2 | **have** | present | scientists | a rule | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient | | 3 | **stand** | past | a dinosaur *not said here* | | | dinosaur's body | | with dinosaur's legs | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under body=Location | | 4 | **not** **sprawl out** | participle | | dinosaur's body *not said here* | | | | to the side; like a lizard | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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. 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