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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 (Geckos, new tail, tail, losing), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:329-tortoises-lizards-and-geckos-as-pets-heat-light-and-washing-hands.lesson:10 # text = Geckos can drop their tail to escape a predator; a new tail grows back shorter and fatter, and because the tail stores fat, losing it is a big loss. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 329-tortoises-lizards-and-geckos-as-pets-heat-light-and-washing-hands.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 ×1, R6-punct-agree ×1 1 Geckos gecko NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 drop drop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 predator predator NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 15 back back ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 shorter short ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 14 xcomp _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 fatter fat ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 16 conj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=25:punct 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 21 because because SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=24:det 23 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 stores store VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 25 fat fat NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 losing lose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 csubj _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drop** | can | Geckos | geckos's tail | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme | | 2 | **escape** | to-infinitive | Geckos *not said here* | a predator | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme predator=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **grow back** | present | a new tail | | | | | short *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **store** | present | the tail | fat | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fat=Theme | | 5 | **lose** | gerund | | fat | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 6 | **is a** | present | losing | a big loss | | | | | 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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