--- title: The moose, called elk in Europe, is the biggest deer, up to about 2… — Deer: antlers that fall off and grow again; red… · tree and pragmatics description: The moose, called elk in Europe, is the biggest deer, up to about 2 metres at the shoulder; it dives for water plants, can close its nostrils under water, and a bull's antlers can be about 1.8 metres across. Who acts: moose, deer, antlers. 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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 (moose, deer, antlers), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:318-deer-antlers-that-fall-off-and-grow-again-red-deer-roe-deer-moose-muntjac-and-water-deer.lesson:13 # text = The moose, called elk in Europe, is the biggest deer, up to about 2 metres at the shoulder; it dives for water plants, can close its nostrils under water, and a bull's antlers can be about 1.8 metres across. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 318-deer-antlers-that-fall-off-and-grow-again-red-deer-roe-deer-moose-muntjac-and-water-deer.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 ×3, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 moose moose NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 5 elk elk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 xcomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=4:obj 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Europe Europe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=5:nmod 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 biggest big ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 12 amod _ _ 12 deer deer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=0:root|HaikuPos=NOUN:NNS:Number=Plur 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 up up ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 14 fixed _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=18:case 16 about about ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 metres metre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 dives dive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 close close VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 31 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 nostrils nostril NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 33 under under ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 's 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 antlers antler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 41 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 cop _ _ 43 about about ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=45:case|HaikuPos=ADP:IN:_ 44 1.8 1.8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Frac 45 nummod _ _ 45 metres metre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ _ 46 across across ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | participle | the moose *not said here* | elk | | Europe | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | the moose | the biggest deer and 2 metres at the shoulder and 1.8 metres | | | | across *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **dive** | present | deer | | | | | for water plants | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for plant=Theme | | 4 | **close** | can | deer *not said here* | deer's nostrils | | water | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nostril=Patient | | 5 | **is a** | can | a bull's antlers | 1.8 metres | | | | | 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. 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