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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 (Scientists), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:383-giant-reptiles-of-the-past-titanoboa-sarcosuchus-deinosuchus-and-giant-tortoises.lesson:1 # text = Scientists found pieces like that in a coal mine in Colombia, and from them they worked out a snake about 13 metres long, as heavy as a small car: Titanoboa. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 383-giant-reptiles-of-the-past-titanoboa-sarcosuchus-deinosuchus-and-giant-tortoises.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 ×1 1 Scientists scientist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 coal coal NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 mine mine NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Colombia Colombia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 worked work VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 18 out out ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 about about ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 13 13 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 metres metre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl:unmarked _ _ 24 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 26 as as ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=33:case|HaikuPos=ADP:IN:_ 27 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 28 as as ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 33 Titanoboa Titanoboa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 appos _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | Scientists | pieces | | a coal mine in Colombia | | like that | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Topic | | 2 | **work out** | past | Scientists *= scientist* | a snake | | | | from Scientists *= scientist* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=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. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. 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