--- title: The bald eagle came back after the pesticide DDT, which made its egg… — The big biology quiz, part 3: dinosaurs, evoluti… · tree and pragmatics description: The bald eagle came back after the pesticide DDT, which made its eggshells thin, was banned in the United States in 1972 and the birds were protected; a book called Silent Spring by Rachel Carson had warned about DDT. Who acts: bald eagle, pesticide DDT, book. 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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 (bald eagle, pesticide DDT, book), 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:17 # text = The bald eagle came back after the pesticide DDT, which made its eggshells thin, was banned in the United States in 1972 and the birds were protected; a book called Silent Spring by Rachel Carson had warned about DDT. # 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): R5-strong ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 bald bald ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 after after ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 pesticide pesticide NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 DDT ddt NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 eggshells eggshell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 15 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=14:xcomp 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 banned ban VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 United United PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 States State PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 1972 1972 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 18 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 protected protect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 33 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 34 Silent Silent PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 flat _ _ 35 Spring Spring PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 xcomp _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Rachel Rachel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 38 Carson Carson PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 flat _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 warned warn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 41 about about ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 DDT ddt NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 43 . . 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 | **come back** | past | the bald eagle | | | | after the pesticide DDT | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **make** | past | the pesticide DDT | eagle's eggshells | | | | thin *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset eggshell=Product | | 3 | **ban** | past · passive | the bald eagle *not said here* | | | the United States | | in 1972 | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING» | | 4 | **protect** | past · passive | | the birds | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | | 5 | **call** | participle | | a book *not said here* | | | | by Rachel | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past · perfect | a book | | | | | about DDT | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about ddt=Topic | 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. 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