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title: The collarbone is one of the most commonly broken bones in children,… — Bones by name: shoulders, arms and hands · tree and pragmatics
description: The collarbone is one of the most commonly broken bones in children, often from falling on an outstretched arm, which sends the force up to the shoulder; it usually heals well in a few weeks. Who acts: collarbone, outstretched arm, force. A sentence of the lesson «Bones by name: shoulders, arms and 
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# Bones by name: shoulders, arms and hands, sentence 4

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The collarbone is one of the most commonly broken bones in children, often from falling on an outstretched arm, which sends the force up to the shoulder; it usually heals well in a few weeks.

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**Who acts:** collarbone, outstretched arm, force · **What happens:** be, break, fall, send up, heal · **To what, where:** one, outstretched arm, force, shoulder

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This is a sentence of the lesson «Bones by name: shoulders, arms and hands» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (collarbone, outstretched arm, force), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:biology:358-bones-by-name-shoulders-arms-and-hands.lesson:4
# text = The collarbone is one of the most commonly broken bones in children, often from falling on an outstretched arm, which sends the force up to the shoulder; it usually heals well in a few weeks.
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = biology
# lesson = 358-bones-by-name-shoulders-arms-and-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): no change
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	collarbone	collarbone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	8	advmod	_	_
8	commonly	commonly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
9	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	often	often	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
15	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	outstretched	outstretch	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	23	nsubj	_	_
23	sends	send	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	acl:relcl	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
26	up	up	ADP	RP	_	23	compound:prt	_	_
27	to	to	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
30	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
31	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
32	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
33	heals	heal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
34	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	33	advmod	_	_
35	in	in	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
36	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	obl	_	_
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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No stored speech act for this sentence.

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the collarbone | one |  |  |  | of the broken bones in children | tree rules |
| 2 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | commonly *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **fall** | gerund | the collarbone *not said here* |  |  | a outstretched arm |  | often *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on arm=Location |
| 4 | **send up** | present | a outstretched arm | the force |  | the shoulder |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent force=Theme to shoulder=Destination |
| 5 | **heal** | present | force |  |  |  | week | usually, well *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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.

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**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): no change. **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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