--- title: In the reptile house a big python lies so still you think it is plas… — The reptile house: snakes · tree and pragmatics description: In the reptile house a big python lies so still you think it is plastic; a snake is cold-blooded, warming itself under a heat lamp instead of burning food, so it can go weeks or even months between meals. Who acts: big python, you, python, snake. 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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 (big python, you, python, snake), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:087-reptile-house-snakes.lesson:0 # text = In the reptile house a big python lies so still you think it is plastic; a snake is cold-blooded, warming itself under a heat lamp instead of burning food, so it can go weeks or even months between meals. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 087-reptile-house-snakes.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 ×1 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 reptile reptile NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 python python NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 still still ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=8:advcl 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 plastic plastic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 ccomp _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 20 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ _ 22 blooded blooded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 parataxis _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 warming warm VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 25 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 obj _ _ 26 under under ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 32 mark _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 30 fixed _ _ 32 burning burn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 33 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 39 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl:unmarked _ _ 40 or or CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 even even ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ _ 43 between between ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 meals meal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | present | a big python | | | the reptile house | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in house=Location | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | you | | | | still | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | python | | | | | plastic *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | a snake | | | | | blooded *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **warm** | gerund | a snake *not said here* | snake | | a heat lamp | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent itself=Patient | | 6 | **burn** | gerund | a snake *not said here* | food | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent food=Theme | | 7 | **go** | can | python | | | meals | week | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme between meal=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:087-reptile-house-snakes.lesson:0`. **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): R7-rel-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: [The monkey house and the lemurs of Mad…, 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/86-monkey-house-and-lemurs-of-madagascar/15/) - next →: [The reptile house: snakes, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/87-reptile-house-snakes/1/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/87-reptile-house-snakes/)