--- title: The side of a mountain range facing away from the wet wind is often… — Climate zones and why they are where they are · tree and pragmatics description: The side of a mountain range facing away from the wet wind is often dry, which is called a rain shadow (that side is called the leeward side), and the Atacama Desert in Chile lies partly in the rain shadow of the Andes. Who acts: mountain range, side, rain shadow, Atacama Desert. 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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 (mountain range, side, rain shadow, Atacama Desert), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:geography:021-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are.lesson:19 # text = The side of a mountain range facing away from the wet wind is often dry, which is called a rain shadow (that side is called the leeward side), and the Atacama Desert in Chile lies partly in the rain shadow of the Andes. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = geography # lesson = 021-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are.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 ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 range range NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 facing face VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 often often ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 xcomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=19:obj 23 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 27 punct _ _ 24 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 leeward leeward ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 xcomp _ _ 31 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 27 punct _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 Atacama Atacama PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 Desert Desert PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Chile Chile PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 40 partly partly ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Andes Andes PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ _ 48 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **face away** | gerund | a mountain range *not said here* | | | the wet wind | | away *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | the side of a mountain range | | | | | dry, often *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **call** | present · passive | | a rain shadow | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 4 | **call** | present · passive | a rain shadow *not said here* | that side | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 5 | **lie** | present | the Atacama Desert in Chile | | | the rain shadow of the Andes | | partly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in shadow=Location | | 6 | **shadow** | | | the Andes | | | | | nom shadow «state transitive»: of=patient | 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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