--- title: In science a theory is a big explanation backed by a mountain of evi… — Evolution myths put right: monkeys, the stronges… · tree and pragmatics description: In science a theory is a big explanation backed by a mountain of evidence, like the theory of gravity; in everyday talk «theory» means a guess, but in science it does not. Who acts: theory, big explanation. 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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 (theory, big explanation), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:280-evolution-myths-put-right-monkeys-the-strongest-and-missing-links.lesson:8 # text = In science a theory is a big explanation backed by a mountain of evidence, like the theory of gravity; in everyday talk «theory» means a guess, but in science it does not. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 280-evolution-myths-put-right-monkeys-the-strongest-and-missing-links.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, R6-punct-agree ×3, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 science science NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 theory theory NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 explanation explanation NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 9 backed back VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:agent _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 evidence evidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 like like ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 theory theory NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 gravity gravity NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 everyday everyday ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=24:compound 24 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 25 « « PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ _ 26 theory theory NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=24:nmod 27 » » PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=8:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 28 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 guess guess NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=34:punct 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 science science NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=28: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 | **is a** | present | a theory | a big explanation and the theory of gravity | | science | | | tree rules | | 2 | **back** | participle | | a big explanation and the theory of gravity *not said here* | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **mean** | present | a big explanation and the theory of gravity | a guess | | | | in everyday talk | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot guess=Theme in talk=Attribute | | 4 | **not** **do** | present | theory | | | science | | | vn act-114-1 «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. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:biology:280-evolution-myths-put-right-monkeys-the-strongest-and-missing-links.lesson:8`. **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, R6-punct-agree ×3, 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. 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