--- title: The spine has an S-shaped curve that works like a spring and balance… — Bones by name: the skull, jaw, spine and ribs · tree and pragmatics description: The spine has an S-shaped curve that works like a spring and balances the head over the hips, and soft discs between the vertebrae cushion each step. Who acts: spine, S shaped curve, soft discs. 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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 (spine, S shaped curve, soft discs), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs.lesson:10 # text = The spine has an S-shaped curve that works like a spring and balances the head over the hips, and soft discs between the vertebrae cushion each step. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs.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): R8-pos-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 spine spine NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 5 S S PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ _ 7 shaped shape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=8:amod|HaikuPos=ADJ:JJ:Degree=Pos 8 curve curve NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 like like ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 balances balance VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 over over ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 hips hip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 discs disc NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 25 between between ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 vertebrae vertebra NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 28 cushion cushion VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 30 det _ _ 30 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 . . 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 | **have** | present | the spine | a S shaped curve | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curve=Patient | | 2 | **shape** | participle | | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 3 | **work** | present | a S shaped curve | | | | spring | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **balance** | present | a S shaped curve *not said here* | the head | | the hips | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent head=Theme over hip=Location | | 5 | **cushion** | present | soft discs between the vertebrae | each step | | | | | 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. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:biology:357-bones-by-name-the-skull-jaw-spine-and-ribs.lesson:10`. **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): 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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