--- title: An elephant walks on its tiptoes with a big fatty pad behind the toe… — The elephant house: herds, feet, food and the mo… · tree and pragmatics description: An elephant walks on its tiptoes with a big fatty pad behind the toes, and zoo elephants walk less than wild ones, so their nails do not wear down and they are trained to lift their feet so keepers can trim them. Who acts: elephant, zoo elephants, nails, elephants. 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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 (elephant, zoo elephants, nails, elephants), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:083-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth.lesson:8 # text = An elephant walks on its tiptoes with a big fatty pad behind the toes, and zoo elephants walk less than wild ones, so their nails do not wear down and they are trained to lift their feet so keepers can trim them. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 083-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth.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): no change 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 tiptoes tiptoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 fatty fatty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 pad pad NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 12 behind behind ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 toes toe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 zoo zoo NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 elephants elephant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 walk walk VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 19 advmod _ _ 21 than than ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 nails nail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 28 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 31 down down PART RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 trained train VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 lift lift VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 40 so so SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 keepers keeper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 42 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 trim trim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | present | a elephant | | | floor's tiptoes with a big fatty pad behind the toes | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on tiptoe=Trajectory | | 2 | **walk** | present | zoo elephants | | | | | less *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **wear down** | present · do-support | elephants's nails | | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **train** | present · passive | | elephants *= elephant* | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute | | 5 | **lift** | to-infinitive | elephants *= elephant* *not said here* | elephants's feet | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme | | 6 | **trim** | can | keepers | elephants *= elephant* | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | 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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