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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 (Patrick, creator, real sea sponge, brain), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:092-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea.lesson:17 # text = In SpongeBob, Patrick is a sea star and Squidward is named like a squid, but his creator said he is an octopus, drawn with six legs instead of eight arms; a real sea sponge, like SpongeBob's namesake, is a simple animal with no brain that filters water. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 092-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea.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): R6-punct-agree ×1 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 SpongeBob SpongeBob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 Patrick Patrick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 Squidward Squidward PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 13 like like ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 squid squid NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 creator creator NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 octopus octopus NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 ccomp _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 30 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 33 case _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 30 fixed _ _ 32 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 36 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 37 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 sponge sponge NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 like like ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 SpongeBob SpongeBob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 's 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 namesake namesake NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 simple simple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 49 with with ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 51 det _ _ 51 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 52 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ _ 53 filters filter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 acl:relcl _ _ 54 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=48:punct ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Patrick | a sea star | | SpongeBob | | | tree rules | | 2 | **name** | present · passive | | Squidward | | | | like a squid | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Squidward's creator | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | present | creator | a octopus | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **draw** | participle | | a octopus *not said here* | | | | with six legs; instead eight arms | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | present | a real sea sponge and SpongeBob's namesake | a simple animal and a sea star | | | | with no brain | tree rules | | 7 | **filter** | present | no brain | water | | | | | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent water=Initial\_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:092-the-aquarium-jellyfish-octopuses-sea-stars-and-the-deep-sea.lesson:17`. **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): R6-punct-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. 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