--- title: The Eurasian eagle owl is one of the biggest owls, with wings about… — Owls of the world: barn owls, eagle owls, elf ow… · tree and pragmatics description: The Eurasian eagle owl is one of the biggest owls, with wings about 1.6 to 1.9 metres across, and it can catch hares, ducks and even young foxes; its tall ear tufts are only feathers, not ears. Who acts: Eurasian eagle owl, owl, tall ear tufts. 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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 (Eurasian eagle owl, owl, tall ear tufts), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:301-owls-of-the-world-barn-owls-eagle-owls-elf-owls-and-burrowing-owls.lesson:9 # text = The Eurasian eagle owl is one of the biggest owls, with wings about 1.6 to 1.9 metres across, and it can catch hares, ducks and even young foxes; its tall ear tufts are only feathers, not ears. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 301-owls-of-the-world-barn-owls-eagle-owls-elf-owls-and-burrowing-owls.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 ×2 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 Eurasian eurasian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 owl owl NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 biggest big ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 10 amod _ _ 10 owls owl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 14 about about ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=15:case|HaikuPos=ADP:IN:_ 15 1.6 1.6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Frac 18 nummod _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 1.9 1.9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Frac 15 nmod _ _ 18 metres metre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod:unmarked _ _ 19 across across ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 25 hares hare NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 ducks duck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 even even ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=30:advmod 30 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 foxes fox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 33 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 34 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 35 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 tufts tuft NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 37 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 only only ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=6:conj 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 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 | the Eurasian eagle owl | one | | | | of the biggest owls with wings 1.6 metres | tree rules | | 2 | **catch** | can | owl | hares and ducks and young foxes | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hare=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | present | owl's tall ear tufts | feathers and ears | | | | | 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:301-owls-of-the-world-barn-owls-eagle-owls-elf-owls-and-burrowing-owls.lesson:9`. **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 ×2. **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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