--- title: In the teenage years the voice box grows and the vocal folds get lon… — Growing: teeth, height, hair, nails, from baby t… · tree and pragmatics description: In the teenage years the voice box grows and the vocal folds get longer and thicker, so the voice gets deeper and may jump about for a while; the change is often bigger in boys. Who acts: voice box, vocal folds, voice, change. 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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 (voice box, vocal folds, voice, change), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:071-growing-from-baby-to-grown-up.lesson:13 # text = In the teenage years the voice box grows and the vocal folds get longer and thicker, so the voice gets deeper and may jump about for a while; the change is often bigger in boys. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 071-growing-from-baby-to-grown-up.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): R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 teenage teenage ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 vocal vocal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 folds fold NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=8:conj|HaikuPos=VERB:VB:VerbForm=Inf 14 longer long ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 13 xcomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=13:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RBR:Degree=Cmp 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 thicker thick ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 14 conj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 22 deeper deep ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 21 xcomp _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 26 about about ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 often often ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 21 advcl _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | present | the voice box | | | | year | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** | present | the vocal folds | | | | | long *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **get** | present | the voice | | | | | deep *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **jump about** | may | the voice *not said here* | | | | while | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | present | the change | | | | | in boys; big, often *property* | tree rules | 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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