--- title: Arctic terns fly from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back every yea… — Migration: the great journeys · tree and pragmatics description: Arctic terns fly from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back every year, often 70000 km or more, the longest migration of any animal, and they see more daylight than any other animal: two summers a year give long days and plenty of food. Who acts: Arctic terns, terns, two summers, animal. 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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 (Arctic terns, terns, two summers, animal), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:054-migration-the-great-journeys.lesson:6 # text = Arctic terns fly from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back every year, often 70000 km or more, the longest migration of any animal, and they see more daylight than any other animal: two summers a year give long days and plenty of food. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 054-migration-the-great-journeys.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 1 Arctic arctic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 terns tern NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fly fly VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Arctic Arctic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Antarctic Antarctic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 back back ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 13 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 often often ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 70000 70000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 km km NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 18 or or CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 17 conj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 longest long ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 23 amod _ _ 23 migration migration NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 26 det _ _ 26 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 31 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 32 amod _ _ 32 daylight daylight NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 than than ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 36 det _ _ 35 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 37 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 38 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 39 summers summer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=42:obl:unmarked 42 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 43 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **fly** | present | Arctic terns | | the Antarctic and every year | the Arctic | | | vn drive-11.5-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent from arctic=Initial\_Location to antarctic=Destination | | 2 | **see** | present | terns *= tern* | more daylight | | | | than any other animal | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daylight=Stimulus | | 3 | **give** | present | two summers a year | | | | day | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **migrate** | | any animal | | | | | | nom migration «act intransitive»: of=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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