--- title: The ostrich is the biggest living bird, up to about 2.7 m tall; it c… — Birds of every kind: penguins, ostriches, parrot… · tree and pragmatics description: The ostrich is the biggest living bird, up to about 2.7 m tall; it cannot fly but runs at about 70 km/h on feet with only two toes, and the head-in-sand story is a myth: to hide it lies flat with its neck on the ground. Who acts: ostrich, head sand story, story. 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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 (ostrich, head sand story, story), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:035-birds-of-every-kind.lesson:7 # text = The ostrich is the biggest living bird, up to about 2.7 m tall; it cannot fly but runs at about 70 km/h on feet with only two toes, and the head-in-sand story is a myth: to hide it lies flat with its neck on the ground. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 035-birds-of-every-kind.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 ×2, R7-rel-agree ×3 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ostrich ostrich NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 biggest big ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 6 living living ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 up up ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 9 fixed _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=14:case 11 about about ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=13:advmod 12 2.7 2.7 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Frac 13 nummod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=13:compound 13 m m NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=14:compound|HaikuPos=NUM:CD:Abbr=Yes|NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 parataxis _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 parataxis _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 about about ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 70 70 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 km/h km/h NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 only only ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 toes toe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 35 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ _ 39 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 myth myth NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 44 : : PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 advcl _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 parataxis _ _ 49 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 xcomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=48:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RB:_ 50 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 53 on on ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the ostrich | the biggest living bird | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **fly** | can | ostrich | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **run** | present | ostrich *not said here* | | | 70 km/h | | on feet with two toes | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at km/h=Trajectory | | 4 | **is a** | present | the head sand story | a myth | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **hide** | to-infinitive | story *not said here* | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **lie** | present | story | | | | | with story's neck on the ground; flat *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:biology:035-birds-of-every-kind.lesson:7`. **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 ×2, R7-rel-agree ×3. **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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Birds of every kind: penguins, ostrich…, 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/35-birds-of-every-kind/6/) - next →: [Birds of every kind: penguins, ostrich…, 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/35-birds-of-every-kind/8/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/35-birds-of-every-kind/)