--- title: The kakapo is a flightless, nocturnal New Zealand parrot, the heavie… — Conservation: how people help animals come back · tree and pragmatics description: The kakapo is a flightless, nocturnal New Zealand parrot, the heaviest in the world; it nests on the ground, where rats and stoats eat its eggs and chicks, and only 51 were known in 1995, but on predator-free islands with every bird named and checked, numbers have risen to around 250. 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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 (kakapo, rats, numbers), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:078-conservation-animals-come-back.lesson:10 # text = The kakapo is a flightless, nocturnal New Zealand parrot, the heaviest in the world; it nests on the ground, where rats and stoats eat its eggs and chicks, and only 51 were known in 1995, but on predator-free islands with every bird named and checked, numbers have risen to around 250. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 078-conservation-animals-come-back.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, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 kakapo kakapo NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 5 flightless flightless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 nocturnal nocturnal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 8 New New ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 Zealand Zealand PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 heaviest heavy ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 10 appos _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 nests nest VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=10:acl:relcl 20 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 28 advmod _ _ 25 rats rat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 stoats stoat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ _ 28 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=19:advcl:relcl 29 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 chicks chick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 only only ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 51 51 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 1995 1995 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 38 obl _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 predator predator NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ _ 46 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obl _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 50 det _ _ 50 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 51 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 acl _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 checked check VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 conj _ _ 54 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 55 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 nsubj _ _ 56 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 risen rise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 conj _ _ 58 to to ADP IN _ 60 case _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=60:case|HaikuPos=ADP:TO:_ 59 around around ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 60 250 250 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 57 obl _ _ 61 . . PUNCT . _ 10 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 | the kakapo | a flightless nocturnal Zealand parrot | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **nest** | present | kakapo | | | the ground | | | vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **eat** | present | rats and stoats | kakapo's eggs and chicks | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Patient | | 4 | **know** | past · passive | | 51 | | 1995 | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 5 | **name** | participle | | every bird *not said here* | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **check** | participle | | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **rise** | present · perfect | numbers | | | predator free islands with every bird | | to 250 | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on island=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:078-conservation-animals-come-back.lesson:10`. **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, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-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: [Conservation: how people help animals…, 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/78-conservation-animals-come-back/9/) - next →: [Conservation: how people help animals…, 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/78-conservation-animals-come-back/11/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/78-conservation-animals-come-back/)