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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 (dodo, cartoons, island), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more.lesson:1 # text = The dodo is the famous example: cartoons show it as a silly bird, but it was a big flightless pigeon on the island of Mauritius that had never met a predator, so it had no reason to fear or fly. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more.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): R7-rel-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dodo dodo NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 example example NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 cartoons cartoon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 show show VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 21 flightless flightless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 pigeon pigeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Mauritius Mauritius PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=31:obj 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 met meet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 acl:relcl _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 predator predator NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 38 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 39 det _ _ 39 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 fear fear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl _ _ 42 or or CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the dodo | the famous example | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **show** | present | cartoons | dodo | | | | as a silly bird | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | | 3 | **is a** | past | dodo | a big flightless pigeon | | the island of Mauritius | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **meet** | past · perfect | the island of Mauritius | a predator | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent predator=Co-Agent | | 5 | **have** | past | dodo | no reason | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient | | 6 | **fear** | to-infinitive | dodo *not said here* | no reason *not said here* | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **fly** | infinitive | dodo *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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:281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more.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): 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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