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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 (Silk, tame moths, silk cloth, China), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:293-horses-cattle-camels-and-chickens-how-people-tamed-animals.lesson:16 # text = Silk comes from the cocoons of a moth caterpillar tamed in China about 5,000 years ago; the tame moths can no longer fly, and silk cloth was so precious and sold for so much along trade routes that China kept its secret for centuries. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 293-horses-cattle-camels-and-chickens-how-people-tamed-animals.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 ×2, R2-punct-next ×1, R5-strong ×3, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 Silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cocoons cocoon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 moth moth NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 caterpillar caterpillar NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 10 tamed tame VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 13 about about ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 5,000 5000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl:unmarked _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=10:obl:unmarked 16 ago ago ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=15:advmod 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ Agree=R2-punct-next|Haiku=2:punct 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 tame tame ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 moths moth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 21 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 22 no no ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 24 advmod _ _ 24 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ Agree=R1-cc-next|Haiku=24:cc 27 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=28:amod|HaikuPos=ADJ:JJ:Degree=Pos 28 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ Agree=R1-cc-next|Haiku=31:cc 33 sold sell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=39:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RB:_ 37 along along ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 trade trade NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 routes route NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 43 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 centuries century NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | Silk | | | the cocoons of a moth caterpillar | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from cocoon=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **tame** | participle | | a moth caterpillar *not said here* | | China | | ago *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **fly** | can | the tame moths | | | | | long *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | silk cloth | | | | | precious *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **sell** | past | silk cloth *not said here* | much | | | | for trade routes | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for route=Asset | | 6 | **keep** | past | China | cloth's secret | | | century | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=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:293-horses-cattle-camels-and-chickens-how-people-tamed-animals.lesson:16`. **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 ×2, R2-punct-next ×1, R5-strong ×3, 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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