--- title: The frills on an axolotl's head are gills: it is a salamander that k… — The axolotl, the tardigrade and the mantis shrimp · tree and pragmatics description: The frills on an axolotl's head are gills: it is a salamander that keeps its young features, gills and a tail fin, for its whole life and stays in water, which scientists call neoteny. Who acts: frills, tardigrade, salamander, scientists. 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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 (frills, tardigrade, salamander, scientists), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:044-axolotl-tardigrade-mantis-shrimp.lesson:4 # text = The frills on an axolotl's head are gills: it is a salamander that keeps its young features, gills and a tail fin, for its whole life and stays in water, which scientists call neoteny. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 044-axolotl-tardigrade-mantis-shrimp.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 ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 frills frill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 axolotl axolotl NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 gills gill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 salamander salamander NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=9:nmod 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 features feature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 gills gill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 fin fin NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 stays stay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 obj _ _ 37 scientists scientist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 38 call call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 39 neoteny neoteny NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 xcomp _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=36:appos 40 . . PUNCT . _ 9 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** | present | the frills on a axolotl's head | gills | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | tardigrade | a salamander and gills and a tail fin | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **keep** | present | a salamander and gills and a tail fin | tardigrade's young features | | | | for tardigrade's whole life | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feature=Theme | | 4 | **stay** | present | a salamander and gills and a tail fin *not said here* | | | water | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location | | 5 | **call** | present | scientists | tardigrade's whole life | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Recipient | | 6 | **feature** | | tardigrade | | | | | | nom feature «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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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