--- title: The best-supported idea about zebra stripes today is that they put o… — Who eats whom: predators, prey, scavengers and d… · tree and pragmatics description: The best-supported idea about zebra stripes today is that they put off biting flies such as horseflies, which fail to land properly on stripes; the idea that they confuse lions has little proof. Who acts: supported idea, stripes, horseflies, idea. 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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 (supported idea, stripes, horseflies, idea), 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:7 # text = The best-supported idea about zebra stripes today is that they put off biting flies such as horseflies, which fail to land properly on stripes; the idea that they confuse lions has little proof. # 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 ×3 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 best well ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=5:amod|HaikuPos=ADJ:JJS:Degree=Sup 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ _ 4 supported support VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 zebra zebra NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 stripes stripe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 9 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 14 off off ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 biting bite VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 amod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=13:advcl 16 flies fly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=15:obj 17 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 19 case _ _ 18 as as ADP IN _ 17 fixed _ _ 19 horseflies horsefly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 fail fail VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 land land VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 properly properly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 stripes stripe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 confuse confuse VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl _ _ 34 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 35 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 36 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 proof proof NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **support** | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **be** | present | the supported idea about zebra stripes | | | | today | | tree rules | | 3 | **put off** | past | stripes *= stripe* | | biting flies | | | such horseflies | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent fly=Goal | | 4 | **bite** | gerund | | | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **fail** | present | horseflies | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **not** **land** | to-infinitive | horseflies *not said here* | | | stripes | | properly *property* | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on stripe=Destination | | 7 | **confuse** | present | stripes *= stripe* | lions | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lion=Patient | | 8 | **have** | present | the idea | little proof | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proof=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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