--- title: An owl has four toes on each foot, and one outer toe can swing forwa… — The big biology quiz, part 4: everything from le… · tree and pragmatics description: An owl has four toes on each foot, and one outer toe can swing forward or back, so it can grip with two in front and two behind; owls cannot move their eyes in their sockets, so they turn their heads instead. Who acts: owl, one outer toe, owls, toes. 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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 (owl, one outer toe, owls, toes), 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:7 # text = An owl has four toes on each foot, and one outer toe can swing forward or back, so it can grip with two in front and two behind; owls cannot move their eyes in their sockets, so they turn their heads instead. # 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): no change 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 owl owl NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 toes toe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 12 outer outer ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 toe toe NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 swing swing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 16 forward forward ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 or or CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 back back ADV RB _ 16 conj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 grip grip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 obl _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 conj _ _ 30 behind behind ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 32 owls owl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 33 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 sockets socket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 so so ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 turn turn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 45 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 47 instead instead ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 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 | **have** | present | a owl | four toes | | each foot | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toe=Patient | | 2 | **swing** | can | one outer toe | | | | | forward *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **grip** | can | owl | | | front | | with two | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with two=Instrument | | 4 | **not** **move** | can | owls | toes's eyes | | toes's sockets | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 5 | **turn** | present | toes *= toe* | toes's heads | | | | instead *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=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. 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