--- title: The recipe is written with only four chemical letters, A, T, C and G… — DNA simply: the recipe in every cell · tree and pragmatics description: The recipe is written with only four chemical letters, A, T, C and G, and the order of the rungs tells the cell how to build and run a body, just as the order of letters in a cake recipe tells you what to bake. Who acts: order. 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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 (order), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell.lesson:1 # text = The recipe is written with only four chemical letters, A, T, C and G, and the order of the rungs tells the cell how to build and run a body, just as the order of letters in a cake recipe tells you what to bake. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell.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 ×4 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 recipe recipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 8 chemical chemical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 A A PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 T T PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 C C PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 G G PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 rungs rung NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 25 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 cell cell NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 just just ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=39:mark 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=46:det 44 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=46:compound 45 recipe recipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=30:advcl 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 iobj _ _ 48 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 50 obj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 bake bake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | present · passive | | the recipe | | | | with four chemical letters | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | the order of the rungs | the cell | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cell=Recipient | | 3 | **build** | to-infinitive | the order of the rungs *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **run** | infinitive | the order of the rungs *not said here* | a body | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme body=Trajectory | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | the order of letters | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **bake** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the order of letters *not said here* | | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Product | | 7 | **order** | | | the rungs | | | | | nom order «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **order** | | | letters | | | | | nom order «communication transitive»: of=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. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:biology:277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell.lesson:1`. **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 ×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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [DNA simply: the recipe in every cell, 0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell/0/) - next →: [DNA simply: the recipe in every cell, 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell/2/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell/)