--- title: Spanish scientists reported that eastern tree frogs in the zone are… — The Chornobyl zone: how wild animals came back,… · tree and pragmatics description: Spanish scientists reported that eastern tree frogs in the zone are darker than usual; they think the dark pigment melanin may have helped frogs survive, and it is still being studied. Who acts: Spanish scientists, eastern tree frogs, scientists, dark pigment melanin. 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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 (Spanish scientists, eastern tree frogs, scientists, dark pigment melanin), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:376-the-chornobyl-zone-how-wild-animals-came-back-and-what-is-still-argued.lesson:15 # text = Spanish scientists reported that eastern tree frogs in the zone are darker than usual; they think the dark pigment melanin may have helped frogs survive, and it is still being studied. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 376-the-chornobyl-zone-how-wild-animals-came-back-and-what-is-still-argued.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): R7-rel-agree ×2 1 Spanish Spanish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 scientists scientist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reported report VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 5 eastern eastern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 frogs frog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 zone zone NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 darker dark ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 ccomp _ _ 13 than than ADP IN _ 14 case _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=14:mark|HaikuPos=SCONJ:IN:_ 14 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 obl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=12:advcl 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 20 pigment pigment NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 melanin melanin NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 22 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux _ _ 24 helped help VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 ccomp _ _ 25 frogs frog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 survive survive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 31 still still ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 studied study VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 34 . . 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 | **report** | past | Spanish scientists | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | eastern tree frogs in the zone | | | | | than usual; dark *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | present | scientists *= scientist* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **help** | may · perfect | the dark pigment melanin | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **survive** | infinitive | frogs | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **study** | present · progressive · passive | | melanin | | | still | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | 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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