--- title: For most of the 20th century scientists thought adults never grow ne… — Your amazing brain and senses · tree and pragmatics description: For most of the 20th century scientists thought adults never grow new brain cells; now we know some new cells form in a few areas, and the brain makes new connections all life long. Who acts: scientists, adults, we, new cells. 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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, adults, we, new cells), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:myths:002-your-amazing-brain-and-senses.lesson:13 # text = For most of the 20th century scientists thought adults never grow new brain cells; now we know some new cells form in a few areas, and the brain makes new connections all life long. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = myths # lesson = 002-your-amazing-brain-and-senses.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 ×2 1 For for ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 obl _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 20th 20th ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 6 century century NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 scientists scientist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 10 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 12 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 cells cell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 17 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 19 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 21 det _ _ 20 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 cells cell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 22 form form VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 areas area NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 32 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 connections connection NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 35 det _ _ 35 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl:unmarked _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=31:obl:unmarked 36 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 31 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=35:advmod 37 . . 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 | **think** *speech: other* | past | scientists | | | | | for most of the 20th century | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **grow** | present | adults | new brain cells | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cell=Theme | | 3 | **know** | present | we | | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **form** | present | some new cells | | | a few areas | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in area=Location | | 5 | **make** | present | the brain | new connections | | | | long *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset connection=Product | 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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