--- title: A reflex is a quick automatic movement: in the knee-jerk test the si… — The brain and nerves · tree and pragmatics description: A reflex is a quick automatic movement: in the knee-jerk test the signal goes to the spinal cord and straight back to the muscle without waiting for the brain. Who acts: reflex, signal. 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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 (reflex, signal), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:068-the-brain-and-nerves.lesson:9 # text = A reflex is a quick automatic movement: in the knee-jerk test the signal goes to the spinal cord and straight back to the muscle without waiting for the brain. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 068-the-brain-and-nerves.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 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 reflex reflex NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 automatic automatic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 movement movement NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 11 knee knee NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ _ 13 jerk jerk NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 signal signal NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 spinal spinal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 cord cord NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 23 straight straight ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=27:advmod 24 back back ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 muscle muscle NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 28 without without SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 29 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 . . 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 | **is a** | present | a reflex | a quick automatic movement | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | present | the signal | | | the jerk test | | to the spinal cord and the muscle | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to cord=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **wait** | gerund | the signal *not said here* | | | | | for the brain | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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