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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 (river, smaller streams, tide), 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:6 # text = A river starts at its source, is joined by smaller streams called tributaries, and ends at its mouth; where a river meets the sea and the tide comes in, the wide part is called an estuary. # 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, R6-punct-agree ×1 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 starts start VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 source source NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=6:punct 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 joined join VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 12 amod _ _ 12 streams stream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 13 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 14 tributaries tributary NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 xcomp _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 ends end VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 25 advmod _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 meets meet VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=3:conj 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 tide tide NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 32 in in ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 39 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 estuary estuary NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 xcomp _ _ 41 . . 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 | **start** | present | a river | | | River's source | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **join** | present · passive | smaller streams | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **call** | participle | smaller streams *not said here* | tributaries | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **end** | present | a river *not said here* | | | River's mouth | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **meet** | present | a river | the sea | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Co-Agent | | 6 | **come in** | present | the tide | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **call** | present · passive | | the wide part | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | 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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