--- title: In 1928 Alexander Fleming came back from a holiday to a messy lab an… — Fungi: mushrooms, mould and yeast · tree and pragmatics description: In 1928 Alexander Fleming came back from a holiday to a messy lab and, instead of throwing out a spoiled dish, looked closely and saw that a mould called Penicillium had killed the bacteria around it on a dish; it made penicillin, which other scientists turned into a medicine in the 1940s, saving mi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast/10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/) / [Fungi: mushrooms, mould and yeast](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/62-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast/) / 10 # Fungi: mushrooms, mould and yeast, sentence 10 In 1928 Alexander Fleming came back from a holiday to a messy lab and, instead of throwing out a spoiled dish, looked closely and saw that a mould called Penicillium had killed the bacteria around it on a dish; it made penicillin, which other scientists turned into a medicine in the 1940s, saving millions of lives. **Who acts:** Alexander, mould, dish, other scientists · **What happens:** come back, throw out, spoil, look, see, call · **To what, where:** 1928, spoiled dish, mould, bacteria, penicillin, medicine · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the lesson «Fungi: mushrooms, mould and yeast» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Alexander, mould, dish, other scientists), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:062-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast.lesson:10 # text = In 1928 Alexander Fleming came back from a holiday to a messy lab and, instead of throwing out a spoiled dish, looked closely and saw that a mould called Penicillium had killed the bacteria around it on a dish; it made penicillin, which other scientists turned into a medicine in the 1940s, saving millions of lives. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 062-fungi-mushrooms-mould-and-yeast.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 ×2, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 1928 1928 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 obl _ _ 3 Alexander Alexander PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 Fleming Fleming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 holiday holiday NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 messy messy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 lab lab NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 18 mark _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 16 fixed _ _ 18 throwing throw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 19 out out ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 spoiled spoil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 amod _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=22:amod|HaikuPos=ADJ:JJ:Degree=Pos 22 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 24 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 25 closely closely ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=30:mark 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 mould mould NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 31 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl _ _ 32 Penicillium Penicillium PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 xcomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=31:obj 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 ccomp _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 bacteria bacteria NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 around around ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 42 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=5:conj 45 penicillin penicillin NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 obj _ _ 48 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 scientists scientist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nsubj _ _ 50 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 51 into into ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 1940s 1940 NOUN NNS Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card 50 obl _ _ 57 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 58 saving save VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 50 advcl _ _ 59 millions million NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 obj _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 nmod _ _ 62 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | past | Alexander | | | 1928 | | from a holiday; to a messy lab | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from holiday=Initial\_Location to lab=Destination | | 2 | **throw out** | gerund | | a spoiled dish | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dish=Theme | | 3 | **spoil** | participle | | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **look** | past | Alexander *not said here* | | | | | closely *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **see** | past | Alexander *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **call** | participle | | a mould *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **kill** | past · perfect | a mould | the bacteria | | bacteria | | on a dish | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bacteria=Theme | | 8 | **make** | past | dish | penicillin | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material penicillin=Product | | 9 | **turn** | past | other scientists | penicillin | | a medicine | | in the 1940s | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent which=Patient into medicine=Recipient in 1940=Topic | | 10 | **save** | gerund | other scientists *not said here* | millions of lives | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent million=Theme | 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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