--- title: DNA is the recipe for a living thing, found in almost every cell; it… — The big biology quiz, part 2: plants, the body a… · tree and pragmatics description: DNA is the recipe for a living thing, found in almost every cell; it is written with four chemical letters, and you get half from each parent, so your parents, brothers and sisters share more of your DNA than anyone else. Who acts: DNA, you, parents. 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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 (DNA, you, parents), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:299-the-big-biology-quiz-part-2-plants-the-body-and-microbes.lesson:16 # text = DNA is the recipe for a living thing, found in almost every cell; it is written with four chemical letters, and you get half from each parent, so your parents, brothers and sisters share more of your DNA than anyone else. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 299-the-big-biology-quiz-part-2-plants-the-body-and-microbes.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): R3-conj-first ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 DNA DNA NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 recipe recipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 living living NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 almost almost ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 14 cell cell NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 21 chemical chemical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 27 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 26 obj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=26:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RB:NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 28 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 30 det _ _ 30 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 33 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ Agree=R3-conj-first|Haiku=36:conj 39 share share VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 40 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 39 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 DNA DNA NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 than than ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 43 nmod _ _ 46 else else ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | DNA | the recipe | | | | for a living thing | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | participle | | a living thing *not said here* | | every cell | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **write** | present · passive | | DNA | | | | with four chemical letters | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **get** | present | you | half | | | | from each parent | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent half=Theme from parent=Source | | 5 | **share** | present | your parents and brothers and sisters | more | | | | | tree rules | 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:299-the-big-biology-quiz-part-2-plants-the-body-and-microbes.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): R3-conj-first ×1, 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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