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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 (Whales, group, rescuers, people), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them.lesson:11 # text = Whales strand on beaches for many reasons, such as sickness, loud noise, confusing coastlines or a group following its leader; rescuers keep them wet and cool and try to float them back out to sea, and people should call experts rather than push a whale alone. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them.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 ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Whales whale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 strand strand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 beaches beach NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 reasons reason NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 11 case _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 9 fixed _ _ 11 sickness sickness NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=7:nmod 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 confusing confusing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 coastlines coastline NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 18 or or CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 group group NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 21 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 acl _ _ 22 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 leader leader NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 rescuers rescuer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=2:conj 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 cool cool ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 try try VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=26:conj|HaikuPos=VERB:VB:VerbForm=Inf 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 float float VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 back back ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 out out ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 43 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 45 experts expert NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 46 rather rather ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 48 cc _ _ 47 than than ADP IN _ 46 fixed _ _ 48 push push VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 alone alone ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=44:advmod 52 . . 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 | **strand** | present | Whales | | | beaches | | for many reasons such sickness and loud noise and confusing coastlines or a group | tree rules | | 2 | **follow** | gerund | a group *not said here* | group's leader | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leader=Theme | | 3 | **keep** | present | rescuers | Whales *= whale* | | | | wet *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **try** | present | rescuers *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **float** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | rescuers *not said here* | Whales *= whale* | | | | out *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Agent | | 6 | **call** | should | people | experts | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent expert=Recipient | | 7 | **push** | infinitive | people *not said here* | a whale | | | | alone *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whale=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:296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them.lesson:11`. **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 ×1, 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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