--- title: Some cobras can squirt venom from their fangs towards the eyes of an… — Snakes to keep away from: cobras, mambas, vipers… · tree and pragmatics description: Some cobras can squirt venom from their fangs towards the eyes of an animal that threatens them; venom in the eyes must be washed out with lots of water and a doctor seen at once. Who acts: cobras, animal. 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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 (cobras, animal), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:322-snakes-to-keep-away-from-cobras-mambas-vipers-and-rattlesnakes.lesson:15 # text = Some cobras can squirt venom from their fangs towards the eyes of an animal that threatens them; venom in the eyes must be washed out with lots of water and a doctor seen at once. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 322-snakes-to-keep-away-from-cobras-mambas-vipers-and-rattlesnakes.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): no change 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 cobras cobra NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 squirt squirt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 venom venom NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 fangs fang NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 towards towards ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 threatens threaten VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 venom venom NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ _ 23 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 washed wash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 26 out out ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 doctor doctor NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 34 obl _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **squirt** | can | some cobras | venom | | Cobras's fangs | | towards the eyes of a animal | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent venom=Theme | | 2 | **threaten** | present | a animal | Cobras *= cobra* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer | | 3 | **wash out** | must · passive | | venom in the eyes | | | | with lots of water | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with lot=Instrument | | 4 | **see** | participle · passive | | a doctor | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:biology:322-snakes-to-keep-away-from-cobras-mambas-vipers-and-rattlesnakes.lesson:15`. **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): no change. **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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