--- title: A leopard is born with its rosettes (rings of dark spots) because th… — The real animals of the Just So Stories: the wha… · tree and pragmatics description: A leopard is born with its rosettes (rings of dark spots) because the pattern is passed down from its parents, the way your eye colour is; every leopard's pattern is different, and the spotty coat hides it in the dappled shade of trees and long grass. Who acts: pattern, spotty coat, leopard. 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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 (pattern, spotty coat, leopard), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:404-the-real-animals-of-the-just-so-stories-whale-camel-rhino-leopard-elephant-kangaroo-armadillo-crab.lesson:13 # text = A leopard is born with its rosettes (rings of dark spots) because the pattern is passed down from its parents, the way your eye colour is; every leopard's pattern is different, and the spotty coat hides it in the dappled shade of trees and long grass. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 404-the-real-animals-of-the-just-so-stories-whale-camel-rhino-leopard-elephant-kangaroo-armadillo-crab.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 ×2, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 leopard leopard NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 rosettes rosette NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 9 punct _ _ 9 rings ring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 appos _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 spots spot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 13 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 9 punct _ _ 14 because because SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 pattern pattern NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 19 down down ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=36:nsubj 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=36:cop 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 32 det _ _ 32 leopard leopard NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 's 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 pattern pattern NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 spotty spotty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 hides hide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 dappled dapple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=47:amod|HaikuPos=VERB:VBN:Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 shade shade NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | present · passive | | a leopard | | | | with Leopard's rosettes | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **pass down** | present · passive | | the pattern | | | | from Leopard's parents the way | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from parent=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **is** | present | every leopard's pattern | | | | | different *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **hide** | present | the spotty coat | pattern | | the dappled shade of trees and long grass | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient in shade=Location | | 5 | **pattern** | | every leopard | | | | | | nom pattern «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **shade** | | | trees and long grass | | | | | nom shade «state transitive»: of=patient | 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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