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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 (Tent making bats, leaf, tent, Honduran white bats), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:314-bats-of-the-world-flying-foxes-vampire-bats-the-bumblebee-bat-and-tent-makers.lesson:16 # text = Tent-making bats bite along a big leaf so it folds down into a tent that keeps off rain and hides them; Honduran white bats sleep under leaves where green light makes their white fur look green. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 314-bats-of-the-world-flying-foxes-vampire-bats-the-bumblebee-bat-and-tent-makers.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 ×2, R7-rel-agree ×2 1 Tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 2 - - PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 amod _ _ 4 bats bat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 bite bite VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 along along ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 leaf leaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 folds fold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 13 down down ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=16:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RB:_ 14 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=12:obj 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 off off ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 hides hide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=12:conj 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 Honduran Honduran ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=27:compound|HaikuPos=PROPN:NNP:Number=Sing 26 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 bats bat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 28 sleep sleep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 29 under under ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 31 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 34 advmod _ _ 32 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 35 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 39 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 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 | **make** | gerund | | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 2 | **bite** | present | Tent making bats | | | a big leaf | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent along leaf=Location | | 3 | **fold down** | present | leaf | | | a tent | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material into tent=Product | | 4 | **keep off** | present | a tent | rain | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rain=Theme | | 5 | **hide** | present | a tent *not said here* | Bats *= bat* | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 6 | **sleep** | present | Honduran white bats | | | leaves | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **make** | present | green light | Bats's white fur | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **look** | infinitive | Bats's white fur *not said here* | | | | | green *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | 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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