--- title: Prey such as rabbits and deer have eyes on the sides of the head to… — Who eats whom: predators, prey, scavengers and d… · tree and pragmatics description: Prey such as rabbits and deer have eyes on the sides of the head to see almost all the way round; predators such as foxes, owls and cats have eyes facing forward to judge distance before a pounce. Who acts: Prey, predators, eyes. 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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 (Prey, predators, eyes), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:047-predators-prey-scavengers-decomposers.lesson:6 # text = Prey such as rabbits and deer have eyes on the sides of the head to see almost all the way round; predators such as foxes, owls and cats have eyes facing forward to judge distance before a pounce. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 047-predators-prey-scavengers-decomposers.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 Prey prey NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 2 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 4 case _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 2 fixed _ _ 4 rabbits rabbit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 deer deer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 7 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 17 almost almost ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 20 det:predet _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 21 round round ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 23 predators predator NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 24 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 26 case _ _ 25 as as ADP IN _ 24 fixed _ _ 26 foxes fox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 owls owl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ _ 31 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=7:conj 32 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 33 facing face VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 acl _ _ 34 forward forward ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 judge judge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 37 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 38 before before ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 pounce pounce NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=33:obl 41 . . PUNCT . _ 7 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 | Prey such rabbits and deer | eyes | | the sides of the head | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | Prey such rabbits and deer *not said here* | all way | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus | | 3 | **have** | present | predators such foxes and owls and cats | eyes | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 4 | **face** | gerund | eyes *not said here* | | | | | forward *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **judge** | to-infinitive | eyes *not said here* | distance | | | before a pounce | | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent distance=Value | 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:047-predators-prey-scavengers-decomposers.lesson:6`. **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 ×1, 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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