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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 (Sugar cane, giant grass, sugar crystals, Brazil), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:347-sugar-chocolate-tea-and-coffee-the-plants-behind-treats.lesson:10 # text = Sugar cane is a giant grass that stores sugar in its stems; the stems are crushed for juice, which is boiled until sugar crystals form, and Brazil and India grow the most. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 347-sugar-chocolate-tea-and-coffee-the-plants-behind-treats.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): R6-punct-agree ×1 1 Sugar sugar NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 cane cane NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 stores store VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 sugar sugar NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 stems stem NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 stems stem NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 crushed crush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 juice juice NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 boiled boil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 until until SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 sugar sugar NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 crystals crystal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 27 form form VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=30:punct 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 Brazil Brazil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 India India PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 33 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 33 advmod _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 6 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 | Sugar cane | a giant grass | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **store** | present | a giant grass | sugar | | cane's stems | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sugar=Theme in stem=Location | | 3 | **crush** | present · passive | | the stems | | | | for juice | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **boil** | present · passive | | juice | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **form** | present | sugar crystals | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **grow** | present | Brazil and India | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **stem** | | cane | | | | | | nom stem «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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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