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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 (scientists, pets), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house.lesson:11 # text = Bobbie the Wonder Dog was reported to walk about 4,000 kilometres home across the USA in 1924, and scientists still do not know how some pets find their way home. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house.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, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Bobbie Bobbie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Wonder Wonder PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 Dog Dog PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 appos _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=1:appos|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 reported report VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 about about ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=11:case|HaikuPos=ADP:IN:_ 10 4,000 4,000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 kilometres kilometre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 home home ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 13 across across ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 USA USA PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 1924 1924 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 scientists scientist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 21 still still ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 22 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 25 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 26 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 27 det _ _ 27 pets pet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 28 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 home home ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **report** | past · passive | | Bobbie | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **walk** | to-infinitive | | 4,000 kilometres | | the USA | | in 1924; home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across usa=Trajectory | | 3 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | scientists | | | | still | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **find** | present | some pets | scientists's way | | | | home *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=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:332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house.lesson:11`. **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): R5-strong ×1, R8-pos-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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