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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 (big Great Dane, big dogs), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:396-cartoon-animals-put-right-scooby-doo-garfield-sonic-winnie-the-pooh-and-woody-woodpecker.lesson:9 # text = A big Great Dane standing on its back legs can be taller than a grown man, and big dogs often live shorter lives than small dogs. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 396-cartoon-animals-put-right-scooby-doo-garfield-sonic-winnie-the-pooh-and-woody-woodpecker.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 ×1 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 Great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Dane dane NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 5 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 acl _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=9:amod|HaikuPos=ADJ:JJ:Degree=Pos 9 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 10 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 12 taller tall ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 13 than than ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 amod _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 21 often often ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 23 shorter short ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 24 amod _ _ 24 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 25 than than ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 28 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | gerund | a big Great Dane *not said here* | | | size's back legs | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on leg=Location | | 2 | **is** | can | a big Great Dane | | | | | than a grown man; tall *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **live** | present | big dogs | shorter lives | | | | than small dogs; often *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme life=Location | 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:396-cartoon-animals-put-right-scooby-doo-garfield-sonic-winnie-the-pooh-and-woody-woodpecker.lesson:9`. **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): R7-rel-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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