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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 (Asian giant hornet, hornet, scientists, United States), 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:15 # text = The Asian giant hornet, called the murder hornet in headlines, attacks honeybee hives and can kill a whole hive; it reached North America in 2019; scientists tied tiny trackers to hornets, found and destroyed the nests, and the United States declared it wiped out there in 2024. # 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 ×1, R7-rel-agree ×3 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 Asian Asian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 hornet hornet NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 murder murder NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 hornet hornet NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 xcomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=6:obj 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 headlines headline NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 attacks attack VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 honeybee honeybee NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 hives hive NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=13:conj 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 hive hive NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 25 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 America America PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 2019 2019 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 24 obl _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 30 scientists scientist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 31 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 32 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 trackers tracker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 hornets hornet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=33:nmod 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 destroyed destroy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 nests nest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 United United PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 States State PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 47 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 wiped wipe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 ccomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=47:xcomp|HaikuPos=VERB:VBN:Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 out out ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 51 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 49 advmod _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 2024 2024 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 49 obl _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | participle | the Asian giant hornet *not said here* | the murder hornet in headlines | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **attack** | present | the Asian giant hornet | honeybee hives | | | | | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hive=Patient | | 3 | **kill** | can | the Asian giant hornet *not said here* | a whole hive | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hive=Theme | | 4 | **reach** | past | hornet | North America | | 2019 | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent america=Theme | | 5 | **tie** | past | scientists | tiny trackers | | | | to hornets | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent tracker=Patient to hornet=Co-Patient | | 6 | **find** | past | scientists *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **destroy** | past | scientists *not said here* | the nests | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nest=Patient | | 8 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | the United States | hornet | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute clause=Theme | | 9 | **wipe out** | past | | | | 2024; there | | out *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent in 2024=Trajectory | 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:15`. **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 ×3. **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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