--- title: The thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, was a striped, dog-like pouched m… — Endangered animals and extinction · tree and pragmatics description: The thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, was a striped, dog-like pouched mammal; farmers blamed it for killing sheep and were paid to kill it, and the last known one died in Hobart Zoo in 1936, and despite many reported sightings there has never been clear proof any survived. 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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 (farmers, last known one, clear proof), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:077-endangered-animals-and-extinction.lesson:6 # text = The thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, was a striped, dog-like pouched mammal; farmers blamed it for killing sheep and were paid to kill it, and the last known one died in Hobart Zoo in 1936, and despite many reported sightings there has never been clear proof any survived. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 077-endangered-animals-and-extinction.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 ×2, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-agree ×4 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 thylacine thylacine NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 Tasmanian tasmanian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 tiger tiger NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=10:det 10 striped striped ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ _ 14 like like ADJ JJ _ 12 amod _ _ 15 pouched pouch ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=16:amod|HaikuPos=VERB:VBN:Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 mammal mammal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 farmers farmer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 blamed blame VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=16:conj 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 22 killing kill VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 23 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=16:conj 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=26:advcl 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=33:punct 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 34 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 amod _ _ 35 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=36:nsubj|HaikuPos=NUM:CD:NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 Hobart hobart PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 compound _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=39:compound|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 39 Zoo Zoo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obl _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=36:obl|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 1936 1936 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 36 obl _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 44 despite despite ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 46 reported report VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 amod _ _ 47 sightings sighting NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obl _ _ 48 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 53 expl _ _ 49 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 50 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 53 advmod _ _ 51 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 53 cop _ _ 52 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 proof proof NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 54 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 55 nsubj:pass _ _ 55 survived survive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 acl _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | striped *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **blame** | past | farmers | pigeon | | | | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **kill** | gerund | farmers *not said here* | sheep | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme | | 4 | **pay** | past · passive | farmers *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **kill** | to-infinitive | farmers *not said here* | pigeon | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **know** | participle | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **die** | past | the last known one | | | | | in 1936; in Hobart Zoo | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in zoo=Attribute | | 8 | **report** | participle | | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **not** **is a** | present · perfect | | clear proof | | there | | despite many reported sightings | tree rules | | 10 | **survive** | participle · passive | clear proof *not said here* | any | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Circumstance | 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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