--- title: In the rainforest the canopy, the leafy roof of the forest, holds th… — The big biology quiz, part 1: habitats and animals · tree and pragmatics description: In the rainforest the canopy, the leafy roof of the forest, holds the most animals, because it gets the most sun and fruit; many canopy animals never touch the ground. Who acts: food, many canopy animals. 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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 (food, many canopy animals), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-animals.lesson:16 # text = In the rainforest the canopy, the leafy roof of the forest, holds the most animals, because it gets the most sun and fruit; many canopy animals never touch the ground. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-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): R7-rel-agree ×3 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 rainforest rainforest NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 canopy canopy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 leafy leafy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=5:conj 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 14 holds hold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 17 amod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=17:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RBS:Degree=Sup 17 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 because because SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 24 amod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=24:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RBS:Degree=Sup 24 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 28 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 canopy canopy NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 31 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 touch touch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | present | | the most animals | | the rainforest and the canopy | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent animal=Theme in rainforest=Location | | 2 | **get** | present | food | the most sun and fruit | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sun=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **touch** | present | many canopy animals | the ground | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ground=Co-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:298-the-big-biology-quiz-part-1-habitats-and-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): 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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