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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 (zoos, apes, young chimps), 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:12 # text = Some zoos let apes play memory games on touch screens, and in a famous test young chimps remembered flashing numbers faster than university students. # 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): no change 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 zoos zoo NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 let let VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 apes ape NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 memory memory NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 games game NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 touch touch NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 screens screen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 17 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 chimps chimp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 flashing flash VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 21 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 22 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 20 advmod _ _ 23 than than ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 university university NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 students student NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 26 . . 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 | **let** | present | some zoos | apes | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **play** | infinitive | apes *not said here* | memory games | | touch screens | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme | | 3 | **remember** | past | young chimps | | | a famous test | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **flash** | gerund | young chimps *not said here* | numbers | | | | fast *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent number=Theme | 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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