--- title: A fledgling is usually best left alone or put in a bush close by; a… — What a child can do for nature · tree and pragmatics description: A fledgling is usually best left alone or put in a bush close by; a rescue should be called only if it is hurt or in danger, for example from a cat. 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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: what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature.lesson:13 # text = A fledgling is usually best left alone or put in a bush close by; a rescue should be called only if it is hurt or in danger, for example from a cat. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature.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, R7-rel-agree ×2 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fledgling fledgling NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 4 usually usually ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=5:advmod 5 best well ADV RBS Degree=Sup 6 advmod _ _ 6 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 alone alone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 14 by by ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=13:obl|HaikuPos=ADP:IN:_ 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 rescue rescue NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=6:conj 21 only only ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 advcl _ _ 26 or or CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 example example NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | present · passive | | a fledgling | | | | alone, usually, well *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **put** | participle | | | | a bush | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in bush=Destination | | 3 | **call** | should · passive | | a rescue | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 4 | **hurt** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive | | rescue | | | | for example from a cat | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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:285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature.lesson:13`. **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, R7-rel-agree ×2. **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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [What a child can do for nature, 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature/12/) - next →: [What a child can do for nature, 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature/14/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/285-what-a-child-can-do-for-nature/)