--- title: A dandelion has a thick deep taproot that stores food, so it grows b… — Roots, stems and leaves · tree and pragmatics description: A dandelion has a thick deep taproot that stores food, so it grows back if you only pull off the leaves; grass has many thin fibrous roots near the surface; a carrot is a taproot too, growing down with no buds or leaves along it, while stems have buds. 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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 (dandelion, thick deep taproot, you, grass), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:057-roots-stems-and-leaves.lesson:5 # text = A dandelion has a thick deep taproot that stores food, so it grows back if you only pull off the leaves; grass has many thin fibrous roots near the surface; a carrot is a taproot too, growing down with no buds or leaves along it, while stems have buds. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 057-roots-stems-and-leaves.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, R7-rel-agree ×3 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dandelion dandelion NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 taproot taproot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 stores store VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 back back ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 only only ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 pull pull VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 20 off off ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=22:case|HaikuPos=ADP:IN:_ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=19:obl 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 24 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:conj 26 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 27 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 28 fibrous fibrous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 30 near near ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 carrot carrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 taproot taproot NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 39 too too ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 growing grow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=38:acl 42 down down ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 45 det _ _ 45 buds bud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 46 or or CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 conj _ _ 48 along along ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nmod _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 while while SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 52 stems stem NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nsubj _ _ 53 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=25:conj 54 buds bud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obj _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | a dandelion | a thick deep taproot | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent taproot=Patient | | 2 | **store** | present | a thick deep taproot | food | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme | | 3 | **grow back** | present | dandelion | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **pull off** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | the leaves | | | | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Eventuality | | 5 | **have** | present | grass | many thin fibrous roots and a taproot | | the surface | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent root=Patient | | 6 | **is a** | present | a carrot | a taproot | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **grow down** | gerund | a carrot *not said here* | | | | | with no buds along taproot or leaves; down *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **have** | present | stems | buds | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bud=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. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:biology:057-roots-stems-and-leaves.lesson:5`. **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 ×2, R7-rel-agree ×3. **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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Roots, stems and leaves, 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/57-roots-stems-and-leaves/4/) - next →: [Roots, stems and leaves, 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/57-roots-stems-and-leaves/6/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/57-roots-stems-and-leaves/)