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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 (pesticide, eggshells, parents, numbers), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo.lesson:1 # text = The bald eagle on American coins nearly vanished, because a pesticide called DDT made its eggshells so thin that they cracked when the parents sat on them; after DDT was banned in 1972 and eagles were protected, the numbers grew from about 400 pairs to over 70,000. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo.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 ×2, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 bald bald ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 American American ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 vanished vanish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=0:root|HaikuPos=VERB:VBN:Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 because because SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 pesticide pesticide NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 14 DDT DDT PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 xcomp _ _ 15 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=8:conj 16 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 eggshells eggshell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 cracked crack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 30 after after SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=31:case|HaikuPos=ADP:IN:_ 31 DDT DDT PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=33:obl 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 banned ban VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 advcl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 1972 1972 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 33 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 eagles eagle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 protected protect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 conj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 43 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 about about ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 400 400 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 47 nummod _ _ 47 pairs pair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 over over ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 70,000 70,000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 43 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=47:nmod 51 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **vanish** | past · passive | | the bald eagle on American coins | | | | nearly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **call** | participle | | a pesticide *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **make** | past | a pesticide | pesticide's eggshells | | | | thin *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset eggshell=Product | | 4 | **crack** | past | eggshells *= eggshell* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **sit** | past | the parents | | | | | on eggshells *= eggshell* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on they=Location | | 6 | **ban** | past · passive | | DDT | | 1972 | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **protect** | past · passive | | eagles | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | | 8 | **grow** | past | the numbers | | | 400 pairs | | to 70,000 *result* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient from pair=Initial\_State to 70,000=Result | 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:282-comeback-stories-bald-eagles-humpback-whales-condors-and-the-kakapo.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 ×2, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-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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