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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 (Mary Anning, Anning, scientists, working woman), 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:12 # text = Mary Anning of Lyme Regis found the first complete ichthyosaur when she was about 12; she became an expert fossil hunter but got little credit in her time, because the scientists of her day did not take seriously a working woman who had never been to university, and today she has a statue. # 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 Mary Mary PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Anning Anning PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Lyme Lyme PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 Regis Regis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ 6 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 10 amod _ _ 9 complete complete ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 ichthyosaur ichthyosaur NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 about about ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 advcl _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 19 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 expert expert NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 fossil fossil NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 xcomp _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 25 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 credit credit NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 31 because because SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 scientists scientist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 40 seriously seriously ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 working work VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 43 amod _ _ 43 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 44 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 45 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 46 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 47 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 49 cop _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 university university NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 52 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl:unmarked _ _ 53 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 statue statue NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 6 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** | past | Mary Anning of Lyme | the first complete ichthyosaur | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ichthyosaur=Topic | | 2 | **is a** | past | Anning | 12 | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **become** | past | Anning | a fossil hunter | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **get** | past | Anning *not said here* | little credit | | | time | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer credit=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **take** | past · do-support | the scientists of Anning's day | | a working woman | | | seriously *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument woman=Destination | | 6 | **work** | gerund | | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **have** | past | a working woman | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **not** **is** | participle | | | | | | to university | tree rules | | 9 | **have** | present | Anning | a statue | | | today | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statue=Patient | 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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