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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 (Rat, travelling Sea Rat), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:geography:062-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel.lesson:1 # text = The Rat has never been further than the ring of Downs he can see to the south, until a travelling Sea Rat sits down by the road and tells him about his voyages round the Mediterranean Sea: Constantinople, the Greek islands, Venice, Sicily, Corsica, Marseilles and Lisbon. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = geography # lesson = 062-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel.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): R5-strong ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 cop _ _ 6 further further ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 than than ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Downs Downs PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 south south NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 until until SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 travelling travel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 amod _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=23:amod|HaikuPos=ADJ:JJ:Degree=Pos 22 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 sits sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 25 down down ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 about about ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 voyages voyage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 35 round round ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 Mediterranean Mediterranean PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 39 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 40 Constantinople Constantinople PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 appos _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 Greek Greek ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 conj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=40:nmod 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 Venice Venice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=44:appos 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 Sicily Sicily PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 conj _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 Corsica Corsica PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 conj _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 Marseilles Marseilles PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 conj _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 Lisbon Lisbon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 conj _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the Rat | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **is** | participle | | | | | | than the ring; of Downs; further *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | can | Rat | Downs *not said here* | | | | to the south | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer downs=Stimulus | | 4 | **travel** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **sit down** | present | a travelling Sea Rat | | | | | by the road | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by road=Location | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | a travelling Sea Rat *not said here* | | Rat | | | about Rat's voyages round the Mediterranean Sea | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient about voyage=Topic | | 7 | **voyage** | | Rat | | | | | round the Mediterranean Sea | nom voyage «act transitive»: poss=agent round=obl | 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:geography:062-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel.lesson:1`. **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): R5-strong ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1. **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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