--- title: The brain keeps rewiring until about 25, and the front part that pla… — Growing up: growth spurts, height, voices and ge… · tree and pragmatics description: The brain keeps rewiring until about 25, and the front part that plans and stops you doing silly things finishes last, which scientists think may be one reason teenagers take more risks. Who acts: brain, front part, you, scientists. 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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 (brain, front part, you, scientists), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:361-growing-up-growth-spurts-height-voices-and-getting-stronger.lesson:17 # text = The brain keeps rewiring until about 25, and the front part that plans and stops you doing silly things finishes last, which scientists think may be one reason teenagers take more risks. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 361-growing-up-growth-spurts-height-voices-and-getting-stronger.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 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 rewiring rewire VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 until until ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 about about ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 25 25 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 front front ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 plans plan VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 ccomp _ _ 19 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 21 finishes finish VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 last last ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 25 scientists scientist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 27 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 29 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 ccomp _ _ 31 teenagers teenager NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 32 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 34 amod _ _ 34 risks risk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 . . 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 | **keep** | present | the brain | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **rewire** | gerund | the brain *not said here* | | | | until 25 | | tree rules | | 3 | **plan** | present | the front part | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **stop** | present | the front part *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **do** | gerund | you | silly things | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 6 | **finish** | present | the front part | | | | | last *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | present | scientists | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is a** | may | | one reason | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **take** | present | teenagers | more risks | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent risk=Theme | 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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