--- title: African greys are famous mimics that can learn many words and sounds… — Parrots of the world: macaws, cockatoos, African… · tree and pragmatics description: African greys are famous mimics that can learn many words and sounds; in the wild they copy the calls of their flock, and since 2016 trade in wild-caught African greys has been banned worldwide. Who acts: African greys, famous mimics, greys. 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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 (African greys, famous mimics, greys), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:303-parrots-of-the-world-macaws-cockatoos-african-greys-lorikeets-and-the-cheeky-kea.lesson:12 # text = African greys are famous mimics that can learn many words and sounds; in the wild they copy the calls of their flock, and since 2016 trade in wild-caught African greys has been banned worldwide. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 303-parrots-of-the-world-macaws-cockatoos-african-greys-lorikeets-and-the-cheeky-kea.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): no change 1 African African ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 greys grey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 mimics mimic NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 sounds sound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 wild wild NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 copy copy VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 calls call NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 26 since since SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 27 2016 2016 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 trade trade NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 30 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ _ 32 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 amod _ _ 33 African African ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 greys grey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 35 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 banned ban VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 38 worldwide worldwide ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 5 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 | African greys | famous mimics | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **learn** | can | famous mimics | many words and sounds | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 3 | **copy** | present | greys *= grey* | the calls of greys's flock | | the wild | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent call=Theme in wild=Destination | | 4 | **catch** | participle | | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **ban** | present · perfect · passive | | 2016 trade in wild caught African greys | | | | worldwide *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **call** | | | greys's flock | | | | | nom call «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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:303-parrots-of-the-world-macaws-cockatoos-african-greys-lorikeets-and-the-cheeky-kea.lesson:12`. **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): no change. **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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