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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 (adder), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:393-mushrooms-and-creatures-to-avoid-in-the-woods-death-caps-adders-ticks-and-hornets.lesson:14 # text = The adder, a grey-brown snake with a dark zigzag down its back, is venomous and lives in Ukraine and much of Europe, but it bites only when stepped on or grabbed and would rather slide away. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 393-mushrooms-and-creatures-to-avoid-in-the-woods-death-caps-adders-ticks-and-hornets.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): R1-cc-next ×1, R3-conj-first ×1, R5-strong ×3, R7-rel-agree ×2 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 adder adder NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 5 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ _ 7 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=8:compound|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 8 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 zigzag zigzag NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 13 down down ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=13:obl 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 venomous venomous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ Agree=R1-cc-next|Haiku=18:cc 20 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Ukraine Ukraine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=18:conj 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Europe Europe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=24:obl 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 bites bite VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 31 only only ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 33 stepped step VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 advcl _ _ 34 on on ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=36:mark|HaikuPos=SCONJ:IN:_ 35 or or CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 grabbed grab VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 conj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 rather rather ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 slide slide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ Agree=R3-conj-first|Haiku=36:conj 41 away away ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the adder | | | | | venomous *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **live** | present | the adder *not said here* | | | Ukraine | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ukraine=Location | | 3 | **bite** | present | adder | | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **step on** | participle | adder *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **grab** | participle | adder *not said here* | | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **slide away** | would | adder *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=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. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:biology:393-mushrooms-and-creatures-to-avoid-in-the-woods-death-caps-adders-ticks-and-hornets.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): R1-cc-next ×1, R3-conj-first ×1, R5-strong ×3, R7-rel-agree ×2. **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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