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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 (largest animal, blue whale), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:007-antarctica.lesson:11 # text = The blue whale, up to about 30 metres long, is the largest animal that has ever lived; it gulps krill and seawater and pushes the water out through comb-like baleen, eating around 4 tonnes of krill a day; its heart, the biggest of any animal, is reported to weigh about 180 kg. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 007-antarctica.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): R2-punct-next ×1, R5-strong ×3, R7-rel-agree ×4 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 up up ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 about about ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 30 30 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 metres metre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 largest large ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 15 amod _ _ 15 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=19:obj 17 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 19 advmod _ _ 19 lived live VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 gulps gulp VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 krill krill NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 seawater seawater NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 pushes push VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 out out ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 31 through through ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 comb comb NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl:unmarked _ _ 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ _ 34 like like ADP IN _ 35 case _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=35:amod|HaikuPos=ADJ:JJ:Degree=Pos 35 baleen baleen NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 advcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=22:conj 38 around around ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 40 tonnes tonne NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 krill krill NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl:unmarked _ _ 45 ; ; PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ Agree=R2-punct-next|Haiku=22:punct 46 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 biggest big ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 47 appos _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 53 det _ _ 53 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=50:nmod 54 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 55 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux:pass _ _ 56 reported report VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 weigh weigh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 xcomp _ _ 59 about about ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=60:case|HaikuPos=ADP:IN:_ 60 180 180 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 61 nummod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=58:obl 61 kg kg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 obj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=60:nmod:unmarked|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 62 . . PUNCT . _ 22 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 | **is a** | present | | the largest animal | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **live** | present · perfect | the largest animal | | | | ever | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **gulp** | present | the blue whale | krill and seawater | | | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent krill=Patient | | 4 | **push out** | present | the blue whale *not said here* | the water | | baleen | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent water=Theme through baleen=Trajectory | | 5 | **eat** | gerund | the blue whale *not said here* | 4 tonnes of krill | | | day | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tonne=Patient | | 6 | **report** | present · passive | | krill's heart | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute | | 7 | **weigh** | to-infinitive | | 180 kg | | | | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme kg=Value | 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:007-antarctica.lesson:11`. **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): R2-punct-next ×1, R5-strong ×3, R7-rel-agree ×4. **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: [Antarctica: penguins, seals and the co…, 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/7-antarctica/10/) - next →: [Antarctica: penguins, seals and the co…, 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/7-antarctica/12/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/7-antarctica/)