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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 (dinosaurs, small furry mammals, dark years, volcanoes), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:076-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds.lesson:3 # text = In cartoons the dinosaurs all die at once in one fiery bang and small furry mammals were never there; in reality the dark years did the killing, volcanoes in India were erupting too, and mammals waited in their burrows for their turn. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 076-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds.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, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 cartoons cartoon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dinosaurs dinosaur NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 6 die die VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 parataxis _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 6 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 11 fiery fiery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 bang bang NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=8:obl 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 14 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 15 furry furry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 mammals mammal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 17 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 conj _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 reality reality NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 killing killing NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=2:punct 30 volcanoes volcano NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 India India PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 erupting erupt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 35 too too ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 mammals mammal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 39 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=34:parataxis 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 burrows burrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 46 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | present | the dinosaurs | | | | | in one fiery bang; in cartoons and reality | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in cartoon=Attribute | | 2 | **not** **is** | past | small furry mammals | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | past | the dark years | the killing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent killing=Eventuality | | 4 | **erupt** | past · progressive | volcanoes in India | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **wait** | past | mammals | | | dinosaurs's burrows | | for dinosaurs's turn | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in burrow=Location | 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:076-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds.lesson:3`. **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 ×1, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1. **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: [The end of the dinosaurs, and birds as…, 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds/2/) - next →: [The end of the dinosaurs, and birds as…, 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds/4/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/76-end-of-the-dinosaurs-and-birds/)