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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 (orangutan, gibbon), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:085-ape-house-orangutans-gibbons-bonobos.lesson:0 # text = An orangutan moves slowly across the ropes on arms longer than its legs, an arm span of over 2 metres, while a gibbon flies arm over arm so fast it looks like a swinging pendulum. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 085-ape-house-orangutans-gibbons-bonobos.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 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 orangutan orangutan NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 moves move VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 across across ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 ropes rope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=7:nmod 10 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ _ 11 than than ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 span span NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 over over ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 metres metre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 while while SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 gibbon gibbon NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 flies fly VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 27 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 28 over over ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 fast fast ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 34 like like ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 swinging swing VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 amod _ _ 37 pendulum pendulum NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | present | a orangutan | a arm span of 2 metres | | the ropes | | on arms; slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme across rope=Source on arm=Trajectory | | 2 | **fly** | present | a gibbon | | | arm arm | | fast *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over arm=Location | | 3 | **look** | present | gibbon | | | | | like a swinging pendulum | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **swing** | gerund | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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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