--- title: Scientists using ancient DNA think the horses we ride today were tam… — Everyday inventions: pots, boats, wheels, horses… · tree and pragmatics description: Scientists using ancient DNA think the horses we ride today were tamed on the steppes north of the Black Sea, around what is now southern Russia and Ukraine, about 4,200 years ago; this is still studied. Who acts: Scientists, we. 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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 (Scientists, we), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:history:062-everyday-inventions-pots-boats-wheels-horses-clocks-and-glasses.lesson:17 # text = Scientists using ancient DNA think the horses we ride today were tamed on the steppes north of the Black Sea, around what is now southern Russia and Ukraine, about 4,200 years ago; this is still studied. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = history # lesson = 062-everyday-inventions-pots-boats-wheels-horses-clocks-and-glasses.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 ×2, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Scientists scientist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 2 using use VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 3 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 DNA DNA NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=0:root|HaikuPos=VERB:VB:Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 ride ride VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 tamed tame VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 steppes steppe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 16 north north ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=12:advmod 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 Black Black PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=16:nmod 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 around around ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 advcl _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 now now ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 southern southern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 Russia Russia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 acl:relcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=23:nsubj 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 Ukraine Ukraine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 about about ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 4,200 4,200 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl:unmarked _ _ 34 ago ago ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 38 still still ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 studied study VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | gerund | Scientists *not said here* | ancient DNA | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dna=Patient | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Scientists | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **ride** | present | we | the horses *not said here* | | | today | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | | 4 | **tame** | past · passive | | the horses | | the steppes | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **is a** | present | | southern Russia and Ukraine | | | now | | tree rules | | 6 | **study** | present · passive | | this | | | still | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | 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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