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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 (Common frog spawn, own jelly ball, one common frog), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:309-frogs-and-toads-near-home-spawn-croaking-choruses-toad-crossings-and-the-fire-bellied-toad.lesson:6 # text = Common frog spawn comes in a clump, each egg in its own jelly ball that protects it and keeps it warm like a little greenhouse; one common frog can lay about 1,000 to 2,000 eggs. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 309-frogs-and-toads-near-home-spawn-croaking-choruses-toad-crossings-and-the-fire-bellied-toad.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, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 spawn spawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 clump clump NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 13 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 jelly jelly NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 protects protect VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=10:acl:relcl 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 xcomp _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=20:xcomp|HaikuPos=VERB:VB:VerbForm=Inf 23 like like ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 greenhouse greenhouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 29 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=4:conj 33 about about ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=34:case|HaikuPos=ADP:IN:_ 34 1,000 1000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 2,000 2000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 34 nmod _ _ 37 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | Common frog spawn | | | a clump and each egg in spawn's own jelly ball | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in clump=Location | | 2 | **protect** | present | spawn's own jelly ball | spawn | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary | | 3 | **keep** | present | spawn's own jelly ball *not said here* | spawn | | | | warm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **lay about** | can | one common frog | 1,000 eggs | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result | 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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