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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 (great auk, auk, sailors), 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:10 # text = The great auk was a bird of the North Atlantic with small wings it could not fly with and the first bird to be called a penguin; the last known pair was killed in Iceland in 1844, and sailors later gave the name penguin to the birds in the south. # 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): R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 auk auk NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 Atlantic Atlantic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl:relcl _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 22 amod _ _ 22 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 penguin penguin NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 xcomp _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 31 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 amod _ _ 32 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=6:conj 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Iceland Iceland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 1844 1844 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 34 obl _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=41:punct 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 sailors sailor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 42 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 43 advmod _ _ 43 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 penguin penguin NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 south south NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 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** | past | the great auk | a bird | | | | of the North Atlantic; with small wings | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **fly** | could | auk | small wings *not said here* | | | | with the first bird | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wing=Theme | | 3 | **call** | to-infinitive · passive | auk *not said here* | a penguin | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V» | | 4 | **know** | participle | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **kill** | past · passive | | the last known pair | | Iceland | | in 1844 | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **give** | past | sailors | the name penguin | the birds in the south | | | late *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent penguin=Theme to bird=Recipient | 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:10`. **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): R6-punct-agree ×1, 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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