--- title: Real steam is an invisible gas; the white cloud from a kettle is tin… — Solids, liquids and gases · tree and pragmatics description: Real steam is an invisible gas; the white cloud from a kettle is tiny water droplets formed as the steam cools, so the real steam is in the clear gap right at the spout. Who acts: Real steam, white cloud, steam. 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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 (Real steam, white cloud, steam), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:chemistry:004-solids-liquids-and-gases.lesson:13 # text = Real steam is an invisible gas; the white cloud from a kettle is tiny water droplets formed as the steam cools, so the real steam is in the clear gap right at the spout. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = chemistry # lesson = 004-solids-liquids-and-gases.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): R7-rel-agree ×2 1 Real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 steam steam NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 gas gas NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 kettle kettle NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 droplets droplet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=6:conj 18 formed form VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=22:case 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 steam steam NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 cools cool VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 steam steam NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 gap gap NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 parataxis _ _ 33 right right ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 spout spout NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 6 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 | Real steam | a invisible gas | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | the white cloud from a kettle | tiny water droplets | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **form** | participle | | tiny water droplets *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **cool** | present | the steam | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **is** | present | the real steam | | | the clear gap | | at the spout | tree rules | 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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