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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 (Gigantopithecus, teeth, caves, nobody), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399.lesson:16 # text = Gigantopithecus was a giant ape from southern China known mostly from teeth, which are very hard and last longer than other bones, first found sold as dragon teeth in medicine shops; caves later gave many more, but no full skeleton has been found, so nobody knows its exact height. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399.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 ×4, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 Gigantopithecus Gigantopithecus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 ape ape NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 southern southern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 10 mostly mostly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=12:advmod 11 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 15 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 very very ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 acl:relcl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 last last VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 20 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 19 advmod _ _ 21 than than ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 26 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=17:advmod 26 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 sold sell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 28 as as ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 shops shop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=30:nmod 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 caves cave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 36 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 37 advmod _ _ 37 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 38 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 37 obj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 42 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 44 det _ _ 43 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 skeleton skeleton NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=5:parataxis 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 so so ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 50 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 51 nsubj _ _ 51 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=47:conj 52 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 53 exact exact ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Gigantopithecus | a giant ape | | southern China | | | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | participle | | a giant ape *not said here* | | teeth | | mostly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | present | teeth | | | | | hard *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **last** | infinitive | teeth *not said here* | | | | | than other bones; long *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **sell** | past · passive | teeth *not said here* | | | medicine shops | | as dragon teeth | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient» | | 6 | **give** | past | caves | many more | | | | late *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme | | 7 | **find** | present · perfect · passive | | no full skeleton | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 8 | **know** | present | nobody | skeleton's exact height | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer height=Stimulus | 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:400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399.lesson:16`. **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 ×4, 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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