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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 (strait, narrow stretch, few straits, world), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:geography:019-straits-the-narrow-doors.lesson:7 # text = A strait is a narrow stretch of sea joining two larger bodies of water, and a few straits carry a large share of the world's shipping. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = geography # lesson = 019-straits-the-narrow-doors.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): no change 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 strait strait NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 narrow narrow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 stretch stretch NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 joining join VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 10 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 11 larger large ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 12 amod _ _ 12 bodies body NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 straits strait NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 20 carry carry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 share share NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 's 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 shipping shipping NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 29 . . 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 | a strait | a narrow stretch | | | | of sea | tree rules | | 2 | **join** | gerund | a narrow stretch *not said here* | two larger bodies of water | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Patient | | 3 | **carry** | present | a few straits | a large share of the world's shipping | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent share=Theme | | 4 | **share** | | | the world's shipping | | | | | nom share «possession transitive»: of=patient | | 5 | **ship** | | the world | | | | | | nom shipping «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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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