--- title: Baby spiders let out silk threads that catch the breeze and float aw… — Spiders, scorpions and other eight-legged creatu… · tree and pragmatics description: Baby spiders let out silk threads that catch the breeze and float away; this is called ballooning, and it lets them spread out so they do not all compete for the same food; some travel hundreds of kilometres, even far out to sea. Who acts: Baby spiders, silk threads, breeze, Spiders. 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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 (Baby spiders, silk threads, breeze, Spiders), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:038-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures.lesson:14 # text = Baby spiders let out silk threads that catch the breeze and float away; this is called ballooning, and it lets them spread out so they do not all compete for the same food; some travel hundreds of kilometres, even far out to sea. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 038-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures.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 ×2, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=2:amod|HaikuPos=ADJ:JJ:Degree=Pos 2 spiders spider NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 let let VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=0:root|HaikuPos=VERB:VB:Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=6:amod|HaikuPos=ADJ:JJ:Degree=Pos 6 threads thread NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 catch catch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 breeze breeze NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 float float VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=3:conj|HaikuPos=VERB:VB:VerbForm=Inf 13 away away ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 advcl _ _ 18 ballooning balloon VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 xcomp _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 lets let VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 spread spread VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 out out ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 so so SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 28 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 30 all all ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 compete compete VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 37 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 38 nsubj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=39:det 38 travel travel NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 hundreds hundred NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 kilometres kilometre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 even even ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 45 advmod _ _ 45 out out ADV RB _ 12 parataxis _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 48 . . 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 | **let out** | present | Baby spiders | silk threads | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thread=Theme | | 2 | **catch** | present | silk threads | the breeze | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breeze=Theme | | 3 | **float away** | present | silk threads *not said here* | travel hundreds of kilometres | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **call** | present · passive | | this | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **balloon** | gerund | | | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **let** | present | breeze | Spiders *= spider* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **spread out** | infinitive | Spiders *= spider* *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **not** **compete** | present · do-support | Spiders *= spider* | | | | | for the same food; all *property* | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **travel** | | some | | | | | | 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:038-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures.lesson:14`. **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 ×2, 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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