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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 (chameleon, tortoise, changes colour, shell), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:088-reptile-house-komodo-chameleons-tortoises-crocodiles.lesson:2 # text = In cartoons a chameleon turns tartan on a picnic blanket and a tortoise steps out of its shell for a bath, but a chameleon changes colour mostly to show its mood or warm up, and a tortoise's shell is part of its skeleton, joined to its ribs and backbone. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 088-reptile-house-komodo-chameleons-tortoises-crocodiles.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 ×5, R7-rel-agree ×3 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 cartoons cartoon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 chameleon chameleon NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 tartan tartan NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=5:xcomp|HaikuPos=ADJ:JJ:Degree=Pos 7 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 picnic picnic NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 blanket blanket NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=6:obl 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 tortoise tortoise NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 steps step VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=10:acl:relcl 15 out out ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 shell shell NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=18:nmod 22 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=27:det 25 chameleon chameleon NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=26:compound 26 changes change NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 compound _ _ 27 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 28 mostly mostly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 31 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 mood mood NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 or or CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 warm warm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 tortoise tortoise NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=43:nmod:poss 40 's 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 shell shell NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=43:compound 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 skeleton skeleton NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 joined join VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 conj _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 ribs rib NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 backbone backbone NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 conj _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 5 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 | **turn** | present | a chameleon | tartan | | cartoons | | on a picnic blanket | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.agent V NP.theme PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Agent tartan=Theme in cartoon=Source on blanket=Trajectory | | 2 | **step out** | present | a tortoise | chameleon's shell | | | | for a bath | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location shell=Theme | | 3 | **change** | | a chameleon | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **show** | to-infinitive | changes colour | chameleon's mood | | | | mostly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mood=Recipient | | 5 | **warm up** | infinitive | changes colour *not said here* | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **is a** | present | a tortoise's shell | part | | | | of chameleon's skeleton | tree rules | | 7 | **join** | participle | a tortoise's shell *not said here* | | | | | to chameleon's ribs and backbone | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Patient to rib=Co-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. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:biology:088-reptile-house-komodo-chameleons-tortoises-crocodiles.lesson:2`. **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): R5-strong ×5, R7-rel-agree ×3. **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. 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