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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 (elk, trees, scientists, ripple), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:300-the-big-biology-quiz-part-3-dinosaurs-evolution-conservation-and-food.lesson:16 # text = Wolves were brought back to Yellowstone in 1995 and changed where and how elk grazed, and some trees grew back along rivers; scientists still argue about how big this ripple was, but a top predator can shape a whole food web. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 300-the-big-biology-quiz-part-3-dinosaurs-evolution-conservation-and-food.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 ×1, R3-conj-first ×1, R5-strong ×1 1 Wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Yellowstone Yellowstone PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 1995 1995 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 15 advmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ Agree=R1-cc-next|Haiku=11:cc 13 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 conj _ _ 14 elk elk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 grazed graze VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 19 det _ _ 19 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 20 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ Agree=R3-conj-first|Haiku=10:conj 21 back back ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 along along ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 scientists scientist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 26 still still ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 argue argue VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 28 about about ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 30 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 obl _ _ 31 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 32 ripple ripple NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 top top ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 predator predator NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 shape shape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=10:conj 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 42 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 43 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 web web NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **bring back** | past · passive | | Wolves | | 1995 | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **change** | past | | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **graze** | past | elk | | | | | | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **grow back** | past | some trees | | | rivers | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along river=Location | | 5 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present | scientists | | | | still | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | this ripple | | | | | big *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **shape** | can | a top predator | a whole food web | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset web=Product | 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:300-the-big-biology-quiz-part-3-dinosaurs-evolution-conservation-and-food.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 ×1, R3-conj-first ×1, R5-strong ×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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