--- title: The Library of Alexandria in Egypt was founded around 300 BCE, was d… — Learning through the ages: schools, universities… · tree and pragmatics description: The Library of Alexandria in Egypt was founded around 300 BCE, was damaged by a fire in 48 BCE and probably declined slowly over centuries; the details are argued about. Who acts: fire. 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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 (fire), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:history:064-learning-through-the-ages-schools-universities-libraries-and-science.lesson:13 # text = The Library of Alexandria in Egypt was founded around 300 BCE, was damaged by a fire in 48 BCE and probably declined slowly over centuries; the details are argued about. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = history # lesson = 064-learning-through-the-ages-schools-universities-libraries-and-science.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): R2-punct-next ×1, R3-conj-first ×1, R5-strong ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Library Library PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Alexandria Alexandria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 founded found VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 around around ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 300 300 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 BCE BCE PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 flat _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ Agree=R2-punct-next|Haiku=8:punct 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 damaged damage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 48 48 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 14 obl _ _ 20 BCE BCE PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 flat _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 probably probably ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 declined decline VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ Agree=R3-conj-first|Haiku=14:conj 24 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 over over ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 centuries century NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=24:obl 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 details detail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 argued argue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=8:conj 32 about about ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **found** | past · passive | | the Library of Alexandria in Egypt | | | | 300 *obl:unmarked* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **damage** | past · passive | a fire | | | 48 | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **decline** | past | | | | | century | probably, slowly *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present · passive | | the details | | | | about *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: 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. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:history:064-learning-through-the-ages-schools-universities-libraries-and-science.lesson:13`. **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): R2-punct-next ×1, R3-conj-first ×1, R5-strong ×1, R7-rel-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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