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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 (world, animals, Camel), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:075-justso-camel-hump.lesson:0 # text = When the world was brand new and the animals were just starting to work for Man, the Camel lived alone in the Howling Desert, munching thorns, and to everyone who spoke to him he said only "Humph!" # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 075-justso-camel-hump.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 ×2, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 brand brand ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 advcl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 just just ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 starting start VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=12:advcl 15 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Man Man PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=14:obl|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Camel camel NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=38:conj 21 alone alone ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 Howling Howling PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 Desert Desert PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=20:obl|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 munching munch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 28 thorns thorn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 38 obl _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=0:root 39 only only ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 40 " " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ _ 41 Humph Humph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 ! ! PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ _ 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 41 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** | past | the world | | | | | brand, new *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **start** | past · progressive | the animals | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **work** | to-infinitive | the animals *not said here* | | | | | for Man | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for man=Beneficiary | | 4 | **live** | past | the Camel | | | the Howling Desert | | alone *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in desert=Location | | 5 | **munch** | gerund | the Camel *not said here* | thorns | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thorn=Patient | | 6 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | | | Camel | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Camel | Humph | everyone | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent humph=Topic to everyone=Recipient | 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:books:075-justso-camel-hump.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): R5-strong ×2, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×2. **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: [Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 1:…, 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/74-justso-whale-throat/23/) - next →: [Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 2:…, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/75-justso-camel-hump/1/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/75-justso-camel-hump/)