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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 (hungry Leopard, animals, Leopard), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:077-justso-leopard-spots-1.lesson:3 # text = Back on the empty veldt the hungry Leopard and the hunter eat rats and beetles, get a terrible tummy-ache, and ask the wise Baboon, Baviaan, where all the animals have gone; he only winks and gives them riddles about "spots" and "change". # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 077-justso-leopard-spots-1.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): R3-conj-first ×1, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 Back back ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 veldt veldt NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 Leopard leopard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=12:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 12 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 rats rat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 beetles beetle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 19 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 20 tummy tummy NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ _ 22 ache ache NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ Agree=R3-conj-first|Haiku=17:conj 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 Baboon baboon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=25:obj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 Baviaan Baviaan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 appos _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 37 advmod _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 det:predet _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 36 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 acl:relcl _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 only only ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 winks wink VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 iobj _ _ 45 riddles riddle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 46 about about ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 " " PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ _ 48 spots spot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ _ 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 " " PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ _ 52 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 52 punct _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | the hungry Leopard and the hunter | rats and beetles | | the empty veldt | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rat=Patient | | 2 | **get** | infinitive | the hungry Leopard and the hunter *not said here* | a terrible tummy ache | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ache=Stimulus | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | the hungry Leopard and the hunter *not said here* | | the wise Baboon | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent baboon=Recipient | | 4 | **go** | present · perfect | all animals | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **wink** | present | Leopard | | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **give** | present | Leopard *not said here* | riddles | animals *= animal* | | | about spots and change | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient riddle=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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