--- title: The echidna is the other egg-laying mammal, with spines and a sticky… — Animals of Australia and New Zealand: kangaroos,… · tree and pragmatics description: The echidna is the other egg-laying mammal, with spines and a sticky tongue for ants and termites; its baby, a puggle, hatches in a pouch, and a frightened echidna digs down so only its spines show. Who acts: echidna, baby, frightened echidna, spines. 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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 (echidna, baby, frightened echidna, spines), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:079-animals-of-australia-and-new-zealand.lesson:8 # text = The echidna is the other egg-laying mammal, with spines and a sticky tongue for ants and termites; its baby, a puggle, hatches in a pouch, and a frightened echidna digs down so only its spines show. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 079-animals-of-australia-and-new-zealand.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 ×3 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 echidna echidna NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 5 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 6 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ _ 8 laying lay VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 amod _ _ 9 mammal mammal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 spines spine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=9:obl 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 sticky sticky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 ants ant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 termites termite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 puggle puggle NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 hatches hatch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=9:conj 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 pouch pouch NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=28:nmod 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 amod _ _ 36 echidna echidna NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 digs dig VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 38 down down ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 40 only only ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 41 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 spines spine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 43 show show VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | gerund | | | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | the echidna | the other laying mammal | | | | with spines and a sticky tongue for ants and termites | tree rules | | 3 | **hatch** | present | echidna's baby | | | a pouch | | | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **frighten** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **dig down** | present | a frightened echidna | | | | | down *property* | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **show** | present | echidna's spines | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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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