--- title: Wolves were killed out of Yellowstone by the 1920s, and 31 wolves we… — Wolves in Yellowstone, beavers in Britain and br… · tree and pragmatics description: Wolves were killed out of Yellowstone by the 1920s, and 31 wolves were brought back from Canada in 1995 and 1996; without wolves, elk ate young trees along the rivers, and with wolves back, elk moved more and some trees could grow again. Who acts: 1920s, elk, trees. 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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 (1920s, elk, trees), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:283-wolves-in-yellowstone-beavers-in-britain-and-bringing-nature-back.lesson:5 # text = Wolves were killed out of Yellowstone by the 1920s, and 31 wolves were brought back from Canada in 1995 and 1996; without wolves, elk ate young trees along the rivers, and with wolves back, elk moved more and some trees could grow again. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 283-wolves-in-yellowstone-beavers-in-britain-and-bringing-nature-back.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): R1-cc-next ×4 1 Wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Yellowstone Yellowstone PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 1920s 1920s NOUN NNS Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card 3 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ Agree=R1-cc-next|Haiku=3:cc 12 31 31 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 16 back back ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Canada Canada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 1995 1995 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 15 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ Agree=R1-cc-next|Haiku=20:cc 22 1996 1996 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 20 conj _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 24 without without ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 elk elk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 28 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 29 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 31 along along ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ Agree=R1-cc-next|Haiku=28:cc 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 38 back back ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 40 elk elk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 41 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 42 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 41 advmod _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ Agree=R1-cc-next|Haiku=41:cc 44 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 45 det _ _ 45 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 46 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 48 again again ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **kill** | past · passive | the 1920s | Wolves | | Yellowstone | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme out yellowstone=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **bring back** | past · passive | | 31 wolves | | Canada | | in 1995 | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from canada=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **eat** | past | elk | young trees | | | | without wolves; along the rivers | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient | | 4 | **move** | past | elk | | | | | with wolves | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **grow** | could | some trees | | | | again | | vn appear-48.1.1 «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:283-wolves-in-yellowstone-beavers-in-britain-and-bringing-nature-back.lesson:5`. **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): R1-cc-next ×4. **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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