--- title: The reticulated python of Southeast Asia is the longest snake; the l… — Big snakes: pythons, boas and anacondas, and how… · tree and pragmatics description: The reticulated python of Southeast Asia is the longest snake; the longest reliably measured ones were about 7 metres, though stories claim far more. Who acts: reticulated python, measured ones, stories. 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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 (reticulated python, measured ones, stories), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get.lesson:8 # text = The reticulated python of Southeast Asia is the longest snake; the longest reliably measured ones were about 7 metres, though stories claim far more. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get.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): R7-rel-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 reticulated reticulate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 python python NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 Southeast Southeast PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Asia Asia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 longest long ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 10 amod _ _ 10 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 13 longest long ADV RBS Degree=Sup 14 advmod _ _ 14 reliably reliably ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 measured measure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 amod _ _ 16 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 17 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 18 about about ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 7 7 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 metres metre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=10:conj 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 though though SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 24 claim claim VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 25 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ _ 26 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 24 obj _ _ 27 . . PUNCT . _ 10 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 | the reticulated python of Southeast Asia | the longest snake | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **measure** | participle | | | | | | reliably *property* | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | past | the measured ones | 7 metres | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **claim** *speech: other* | present | stories | more | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent more=Topic | 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:321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get.lesson:8`. **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): R7-rel-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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