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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 (Solomon, bird, people, Queen), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:religion-ethics:101-solomon-and-the-queen-of-sheba-one-story-in-many-books-and-the-legends-of-the-ring-and-the-jinn.lesson:8 # text = In the Qur'an (the chapter called «The Ant») Solomon understands the speech of birds and ants; a bird called the hoopoe brings him news of a queen of Saba whose people worship the sun, and in the end she turns to God together with Solomon. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = religion-ethics # lesson = 101-solomon-and-the-queen-of-sheba-one-story-in-many-books-and-the-legends-of-the-ring-and-the-jinn.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 ×5, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Qur'an Qur'an PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 4 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 6 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 chapter chapter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 7 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 « « ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=11:det 10 Ant ant PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 xcomp _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=11:amod|HaikuPos=ADJ:JJ:Degree=Pos 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=7:xcomp|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 12 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 6 punct _ _ 13 Solomon Solomon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 understands understand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 ants ant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 24 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 hoopoe hoopoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 xcomp _ _ 27 brings bring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=14:conj 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Saba Saba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 37 worship worship VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=34:acl:relcl 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=14:conj 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 49 together together ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 Solomon Solomon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | participle | | the chapter *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **understand** | present | Solomon | the speech of birds and ants | | the Qur'an | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer speech=Stimulus | | 3 | **call** | participle | a bird *not said here* | the hoopoe | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **bring** | present | a bird | news of a queen of Saba | Solomon | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination news=Theme | | 5 | **worship** | present | people | the sun | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sun=Stimulus | | 6 | **turn** | present | Queen | | God | | in the end | with Solomon; together *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in end=Trajectory | | 7 | **speak** | | | birds and ants | | | | | nom speech «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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:religion-ethics:101-solomon-and-the-queen-of-sheba-one-story-in-many-books-and-the-legends-of-the-ring-and-the-jinn.lesson:8`. **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 ×5, 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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