--- title: Stretched out, the DNA from one tiny cell would be about two metres… — DNA simply: the recipe in every cell · tree and pragmatics description: Stretched out, the DNA from one tiny cell would be about two metres long, so it is wound up very tightly, like a garden hose coiled into a matchbox. Who acts: DNA. 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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 (DNA), 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:2 # text = Stretched out, the DNA from one tiny cell would be about two metres long, so it is wound up very tightly, like a garden hose coiled into a matchbox. # 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): no change 1 Stretched stretch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ _ 2 out out ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 DNA DNA NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 8 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 cell cell NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 12 about about ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 metres metre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 15 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 wound wind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 21 up up ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 very very ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 tightly tightly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 like like ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 hose hose NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 29 coiled coil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl _ _ 30 into into ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 matchbox matchbox NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stretch out** | participle | the DNA from one tiny cell *not said here* | | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is a** | would | the DNA from one tiny cell | two metres | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **wind up** | present · passive | | DNA | | | | like a garden hose; tightly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **coil** | participle | | a garden hose *not said here* | | a matchbox | | | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into matchbox=Destination | 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:2`. **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): no change. **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, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell/1/) - next →: [DNA simply: the recipe in every cell, 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell/3/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/277-dna-simply-the-recipe-in-every-cell/)