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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 (each, he, Leopard), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:078-justso-leopard-spots-2.lesson:0 # text = The Leopard and the hunter wait for dark, and each grabs something he can smell and feel but not see; they sit on their catches all night, and in the morning they find a Giraffe now covered in blotches and a Zebra now covered in stripes. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 078-justso-leopard-spots-2.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): R2-punct-next ×1, R3-conj-first ×2, R5-strong ×1, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Leopard leopard NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=6:nsubj 6 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ Agree=R2-punct-next|Haiku=6:punct 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 12 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=12:nsubj|HaikuPos=PRON:DT:PronType=Tot 12 grabs grab VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 13 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 12 obj _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 smell smell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ Agree=R3-conj-first|Haiku=18:conj 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 sit sit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ Agree=R3-conj-first|Haiku=12:conj 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 catches catch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=24:obj 28 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 29 det _ _ 29 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl:unmarked _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Giraffe giraffe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=36:obj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 39 now now ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 blotches blotch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Zebra zebra NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 46 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 47 advmod _ _ 47 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 acl _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 stripes stripe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=2: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 | **wait** | infinitive | | | | | | for dark | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **grab** | present | each | something | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme | | 3 | **smell** | can | he | | | | | | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP.location V»: agent=Location | | 4 | **feel** | infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **see** | infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **sit** | present | Leopard | | | Leopard's catches | night | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on catch=Location | | 7 | **find** | present | Leopard | a Giraffe and a Zebra | | | morning | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giraffe=Topic | | 8 | **cover** | participle | | a Giraffe and a Zebra *not said here* | | | now | in blotches | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in blotch=Theme | | 9 | **cover** | participle | | a Zebra *not said here* | | | now | in stripes | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in stripe=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. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:books:078-justso-leopard-spots-2.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): R2-punct-next ×1, R3-conj-first ×2, R5-strong ×1, R6-punct-agree ×1, 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. 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