--- title: Ambergris is a waxy lump that forms in a sperm whale's gut around ha… — Whales by kind, the toothed whales: sperm whale,… · tree and pragmatics description: Ambergris is a waxy lump that forms in a sperm whale's gut around hard squid beaks and can wash ashore; it was used in perfume for hundreds of years, and some countries now ban selling it. Who acts: Ambergris, waxy lump, countries. 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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 (Ambergris, waxy lump, countries), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:313-whales-by-kind-the-toothed-whales-sperm-whale-orca-beluga-and-beaked-whales.lesson:9 # text = Ambergris is a waxy lump that forms in a sperm whale's gut around hard squid beaks and can wash ashore; it was used in perfume for hundreds of years, and some countries now ban selling it. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 313-whales-by-kind-the-toothed-whales-sperm-whale-orca-beluga-and-beaked-whales.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, R5-strong ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Ambergris ambergris PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=5:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 waxy waxy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 lump lump NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 forms form VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 sperm sperm NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 gut gut NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 14 around around ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 squid squid NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 beaks beak NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ Agree=R1-cc-next|Haiku=7:cc 19 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 wash wash VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 21 ashore ashore ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 perfume perfume NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 hundreds hundred NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 34 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 35 det _ _ 35 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 36 now now ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 ban ban VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=7:conj 38 selling sell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 xcomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=37:advcl 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Ambergris | a waxy lump | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **form** | present | a waxy lump | | | a sperm whale's gut around hard squid beaks | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in gut=Location | | 3 | **wash** | can | a waxy lump *not said here* | | | | | ashore *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **use** | past · passive | | gut | | perfume | | for hundreds of years | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for hundred=Eventuality | | 5 | **ban** | present | some countries | | | | now | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **sell** | gerund | some countries *not said here* | gut | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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:313-whales-by-kind-the-toothed-whales-sperm-whale-orca-beluga-and-beaked-whales.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): R1-cc-next ×1, R5-strong ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×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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